The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FINKS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Informants, informally crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FINKS | 100 % | 5 |
Why may FINKS be the right solution?
"FINKS" is the right solution because "informants" can be informally referred to as "finks."
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Crossword Answer definitions
FINKS noun- A contemptible person.
- An informer.
- A strikebreaker.
- To betray a trust; to inform on.
- Any of several birds in the family Ploceidae native to southern Africa.
- To ponder, to go over in one's head.
- To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
- To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
- To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
- To guess; to reckon.
- To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
- To presume; to venture.
- To seem, to appear.
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