The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BOON which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1958.
Favor sought: Archaic crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| BOON | 100 % | 4 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Favor sought: Archaic
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gracious
 - precarious
 - ask
 - require
 - counsel
 - demand
 - get
 - quest
 - benefit
 - boon
 - delight
 - aak
 
Crossword Answer definitions
BOON noun- A prayer; petition.
 - That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
 - A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
 - An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
 
- Good; prosperous.
 - Kind; bountiful; benign.
 - (Now only in boon companion) gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
 
- The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
 
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