The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SIDESWIPE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2015.
Glancing blow crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SIDESWIPE | 50 % | 9 |
| SWIPE | 25 % | 5 |
| SNICK | 25 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Glancing blow
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- graze
- skim
- brush
- foray
- swipe
- tire
- picking
- pull
- rifle
- besetting
- pulling
- raid
Crossword Answer definitions
SIDESWIPE noun- A blow with the side of something, such as the side of car that is changing lanes incautiously.
- A catty or sarcastic remark.
- To give a blow with the side, as to strike with the side of a car when turning.
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 SIDESWIPE
- Hit, but not head-on
- Give a Geo a glancing blow, for example
- Glancing blow
- Glancing blow on the road, and a hint to the puzzle's circles
- Hit, in a way
- Oblique blow
- Strike obliquely
- Hit, as a parked car
- Graze, in a way
- Hit-and-run action
More clues leading to the result SWIPE
- Apply a five-finger discount to
- Lift
- Steal, like the fox in "Dora the Explorer"
- Pick pockets
- Filch
- Credit-card action
- Make off with
- Rip off
- Liberate, so to speak
- Take without permission