The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word VARIABLE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2011.
In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| VARIABLE | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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Crossword Answer definitions
VARIABLE noun- Something that is variable.
- Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
- A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
- A symbol representing a variable.
- A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
- A variable star.
- A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
- (in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
- Able to vary or be varied.
- Likely to vary.
- Marked by diversity or difference.
- Having no fixed quantitative value.
- Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.
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