The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word HEW , but the solution may also be SACK which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Give the ax? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HEW | 35 % | 3 |
| CAN | 29 % | 3 |
| FIRE | 29 % | 4 |
| SACK | 6 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Give the ax?
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- can
- fire
- hew
- sack
- axe
- cut
- tool
- fired
- keep
- sacked
- boot
- edge
Crossword Answer definitions
HEW verb- To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
- To shape; to form.
- To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.
- Hue; colour
- Shape; form
- Destruction by cutting down.
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 HEW
- Take an ax to
- Axe a tree
- Fell
- Onetime Cabinet dept.
- Shape with an axe
- Cut off
- Cut with an axe
- Fell by chopping
- Chop down
- Chop off
More clues leading to the result CAN
- Food holder
- Lay off
- Fire
- Pantry item
- Preserve
- Dismiss
- Issue walking papers to
- Recyclable item
- Recycled item
- Soup unit
More clues leading to the result FIRE
- "__ at will"
- Can
- Put in a kiln
- Camper's need
- With 57-Across, "atomic" sucking candy that violates building safety codes?
- Let go
- Sack
- Bake, as pottery
- Send packing
- "___ in the hole!"