The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RETREATS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1989.
Gives ground crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RETREATS | 50 % | 8 |
| RETIRES | 50 % | 7 |
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Crossword Answer definitions
RETREATS verb- To treat or deal with (a topic) again or differently.
- To apply treatment to (an injury, a surface, etc.) again
- The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
- The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
- A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
- A peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.
- A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
- A period of meditation, prayer or study.
- Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
- A signal for a military withdrawal.
- A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
- A military ceremony to lower the flag.
- The move of a piece from a threatened position.
- To withdraw from a position, go back.
- (of a glacier) To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures.
- To slope back.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result RETREATS
- Pulls back from an attack
- Employee "team-building" events
- Quiet spots
- Falls back
- Chooses discretion over valor?
- Turns tail
- Places of privacy
- Hideaways
- Orderly withdrawals.
- Involuntary withdrawals.