The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TAPES , but the solution may also be EPITAPHS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Finish lines crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAPES | 64 % | 5 |
| WIRES | 18 % | 5 |
| EPITAPHS | 9 % | 8 |
| ENDS | 9 % | 4 |
Why may EPITAPHS be the right solution?
The clue "Finish lines?" is a play on words. In this case, "Finish lines" refers to the end of someone's life, which is where epitaphs are typically found - on gravestones or as a tribute at the end of a person's life.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Finish lines
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- finishing line
- obit
- act
- aut
- band
- draw
- dress
- end
- fines
- line
- out
- point
Crossword Answer definitions
TAPES noun- Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
- Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
- Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
- Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
- (by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
- An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.
- (from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
- The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick
- A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.
- To bind with adhesive tape.
- To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.
- (passive) To understand, figure out.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TAPES
- Cassette contents
- Nixon obsession
- VCR need
- Music collection
- Watergate evidence
- Deck recordings
- Cassettes
- VCR input
- Video library items
- Nixon entanglers
More clues leading to the result WIRES
- Mess behind a computer
- Mess under a desk
- Electrician's concern
- Marionette attachments
- Telegrams
- Does some electrical work
- Juice containers?
- Piano's tone producers
- Pipe cleaner centers
- Some informants might wear them
More clues leading to the result EPITAPHS
- Headstone inscriptions
- Famous last words?
- Some famous last words?
- Text on tombstones
- Words set in stones
- Cemetery inscriptions
- Dorothy Parker's "Excuse my dust" and others
- Mel Blanc's "That's All Folks" et al.
- Words for posterity.
- They often start "Here"