The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STINT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1966.
Fixed task crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STINT | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fixed task
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stint
- stinting
- bend
- bended
- bends
- bens
- brigade
- charge
- commission
- commissioning
- cure
- dall
Crossword Answer definitions
STINT noun- A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- To stop (an action); cease, desist.
- To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
- To be sparing or mean.
- To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
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