The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word OWNING , but the solution may also be HAVING which is one of the most recent solution (2011 in New York Times).
In possession of crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OWNING | 33 % | 6 |
| HAVING | 33 % | 6 |
| HAS | 33 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: In possession of
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- own
- have
- possess
- possessiveness
- aught
- duty
- true
- propriety
- commitment
- possessive
- band
- committed
Crossword Answer definitions
OWNING verb- To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to.
- To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.
- To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
- To virtually or figuratively enslave.
- To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn.
- To illicitly obtain superuser or root access to a computer system, thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn.
- To grant; give.
- To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.
- To admit; concede; acknowledge.
- To take responsibility for.
- To answer to.
- To recognise; acknowledge.
- To claim as one's own.
- To confess.
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 OWNING
- Utterly dominating
- Renter's dream, maybe
- Consistently beating, in sports lingo
- Renting alternative
- With the title to
- Possessing
- In possession of
- Holding
- With title to
- Totally dominating