The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CRIMPS , but the solution may also be CRAMPS which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in Newsday).
Hampers crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CRIMPS | 14 % | 6 |
| TRAMMELS | 14 % | 8 |
| HURTS | 14 % | 5 |
| BINS | 14 % | 4 |
| HOGTIES | 7 % | 7 |
| DETERS | 7 % | 6 |
| CRAMPS | 7 % | 6 |
| TIESONESHANDS | 7 % | 13 |
| CRATES | 7 % | 6 |
| IMPAIRS | 7 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hampers
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- shackle
- halter
- trammel
- cramp
- hinder
- handicap
- bond
- disadvantage
- trammels
- affects
- baskets
- bothers
Crossword Answer definitions
CRIMPS noun- A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.
- The natural curliness of wool fibres.
- (usually in the plural) Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
- A card game.
- To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.
- To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.
- To pinch and hold; to seize.
- To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.
- To bend or mold leather into shape.
- To gash the flesh, e.g. of a raw fish, to make it crisper when cooked.
- An agent who procures seamen, soldier, etc., especially by decoying, entrapping, impressing, or seducing them.
- (specifically) One who infringes sub-section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, applied to a person other than the owner, master, etc., who engages seamen without a license from the Board of Trade.
- A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
- To impress (seamen or soldiers); to entrap, to decoy.
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 CRIMPS
- Pleats or corrugates
- Restrains
- Pinches
- Makes wavy
- Permanent waves.
- Makes waves
- Hampers
- Crinkles
- Makes waves, in a way
- Makes waves?
More clues leading to the result TRAMMELS
More clues leading to the result HURTS
- Injures
- Experiences pain
- Needs acetaminophen
- "Hey! That ___!"
- "Ow" inducers
- Causes distress
- Smarts
- Feels bad
- Wrongs
- John Cougar's "___ So Good"
More clues leading to the result BINS
- Covered containers
- Storage boxes
- Storage containers
- Recycling containers
- Containers
- Coal containers
- Cribs
- Recycling boxes
- Open storage
- Array in the bulk-food aisle
More clues leading to the result HOGTIES
More clues leading to the result DETERS
More clues leading to the result CRAMPS
- Marathoner's woes
- Spasmodic muscular contractions
- Swimmer's concern
- Writers' woes
- Hampers
- Swimmers' problems
- Swimmer's bane
- Menstrual pains
- Glutton's woe
- Marathon malady
More clues leading to the result TIESONESHANDS
More clues leading to the result CRATES
- Auto-inspection rejects
- Hold containers
- Dilapidated cars
- Packing cases
- Packs
- Buckets of bolts
- Warehouse containers
- Jalopies
- Shipping containers
- Moving aids