The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SEMAPHORE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Flag-waver’s specialty crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SEMAPHORE | 100 % | 9 |
Why may SEMAPHORE be the right solution?
The answer "SEMAPHORE" fits because semaphore is a system of sending messages using visual signals, often involving waving flags.
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Crossword Answer definitions
SEMAPHORE noun- Any equipment used for visual signalling by means of flags, lights, or mechanically moving arms, which are used to represent letters of the alphabet, or words.
- A visual system for transmitting information using the above equipment; especially, by means of two flags held one in each hand, using an alphabetic and numeric code based on the position of the signaller's arms; flag semaphore.
- A bit, token, fragment of code, or some other mechanism which is used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time, or to synchronize and coordinate events in different processes.
- To signal using, or as if using, a semaphore, with the implication that it is done nonverbally.
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