Answer to "Flagpole" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHAFT , but the solution may also be STAFF which is one of the most recent solution (2007 in New York Sun).

Flagpole crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SHAFT	38 %	5
STAFF	38 %	5
MAST	25 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Flagpole

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• flagstaff
• ranging pole
• range pole
• standard-bearer
• flagship
• ship
• vessel
• pole
• mast
• masthead
• sitting
• boom

Crossword Answer definitions

SHAFT noun

1. The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
2. The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
3. (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
4. Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive, an axle, etc.
5. A beam or ray of light.
6. The main axis of a feather.
7. The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
8. A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine
9. A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.
10. A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.
11. Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
12. The main cylindrical part of the penis.
13. The chamber of a blast furnace.

SHAFT verb

1. To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
2. To equip with a shaft.
3. To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.

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 SHAFT

• Mine passageway
• Mine passage
• Unfair treatment
• Vertical conduit
• Part of a golf club
• Dumbwaiter enclosure
• Mine opening
• Treat unfairly, in slang
• Jackson role
• Golf club part

More clues leading to the result STAFF

• Place for notes
• Walking stick
• Team
• Cabinet makeup
• Workers on duty
• Scepter
• Personnel
• Prop for Gandalf
• Lines for a score
• Shepherd's stick

More clues leading to the result MAST

• "Two Years Before the __"
• Boom supporter
• It may be rigged
• One of two on a yawl
• Schooner projectile
• Union Jack holder
• Crow's-nest site
• Sail support
• Stars and Bars holder
• It's rigged