The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LEECHES which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2007.
Hangers-on crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEECHES | 27 % | 7 |
| RETINUES | 18 % | 8 |
| TOADIES | 9 % | 7 |
| RETINUE | 9 % | 7 |
| STAYERS | 9 % | 7 |
| PESTS | 9 % | 5 |
| BURS | 9 % | 4 |
| DANGLERS | 9 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hangers-on
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hanger-on
- hanger
- hangings
- hang around
- hanging
- spectators
- onlookers
- dangling
- hitchings
- accessories
- groupies
- hooks
Crossword Answer definitions
LEECHES noun- An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
- A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
- To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
- To drain (resources) without giving back.
- A physician.
- (Heathenry) A healer.
- To treat, cure or heal.
- The vertical edge of a square sail.
- The aft edge of a triangular sail.
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 LEECHES
- Suckers
- Hangers-on
- Parasites
- Bloodletter's supply
- Bloodsuckers
- Sponges
- Freeloaders
- Spongers
- Bloodsucking worms
- Physicians, old style.
More clues leading to the result RETINUES
- Entourages
- Hangers-on
- Groups of attendants
- Groups of personal attendants
- Suites
- Trains.
- Groups of attendants.
- Attendants.
- Trains of followers.
- Escorts.
More clues leading to the result TOADIES
- People pleasers
- Yesmen
- Flatterers
- Yes-men
- Apple-polishers
- Fawners
- Sycophants
- Sycophants.
- Flatterers.
- Tufthunters.
More clues leading to the result RETINUE
- Following
- Followers
- Entourage
- Group around a VIP
- Rapper's "posse," for instance
- Attendants
- Entourage (m)
- Supporters
- Group of groupies
- Group of attendants
More clues leading to the result STAYERS
- Hangers-on
- Obedient dogs, at times
- Horses with endurance
- Guests who don't go.
- Lingering guests.
- Pitchers who "go the route."
- Perseverant ones
- Those with endurance
More clues leading to the result PESTS
- Ants, at picnics
- Ants, roaches and the like
- Exterminators' quarries
- Gnats and fleas
- They get on your nerves
- They're a bother
- Nuisances
- Annoyances
- Ants and roaches
- Irritants
More clues leading to the result BURS
- Botanical oddities that inspired Velcro
- Hiker's sock attachments
- Prickly seed cases
- Prickly covers
- Prickly sorts?
- Prickly casings
- Stickers without prices
- Prickly seed covers
- Prickly seedcases
- Prickly husks