The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PRESS , but the solution may also be SMOOTHASSILK which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Iron crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PRESS | 65 % | 5 |
| DECREASE | 8 % | 8 |
| METAL | 6 % | 5 |
| MANGLE | 2 % | 6 |
| METALLICELEMENT | 2 % | 15 |
| SMOOTHASSILK | 2 % | 12 |
| ITEMINAGOLFBAG | 2 % | 14 |
| SMOOTHOUT | 2 % | 9 |
| MANACLE | 2 % | 7 |
| LAUNDRYROOMITEM | 2 % | 15 |
| SIXSHOOTER | 2 % | 10 |
| NUMBEREDGOLFCLUB | 2 % | 16 |
| CADDIESOFFERING | 2 % | 15 |
Why may SMOOTHASSILK be the right solution?
"Iron" is a golf term meaning to hit the ball straight and smoothly. "Smooth as silk" is an expression used to describe something that is very smooth and easy, so "SMOOTHASSILK" is a humorous play on words that fits the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Iron
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cast-iron
- smoothing iron
- branding iron
- iron out
- chain
- fe
- robust
- atomic number 26
- chains
- metal
- steel
- smelting
Crossword Answer definitions
PRESS noun- A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- A printing machine.
- (collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- A publisher.
- An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- (wagering) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
- Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- A crowd.
- To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- To compress, squeeze.
- To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
- To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
- To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
- To hasten, urge onward.
- To urge, beseech, entreat.
- To lay stress upon.
- To throng, crowd.
- To print.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
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 PRESS
- Fourth estate
- Iron-pumper's rep
- "Meet the ____"
- Get the crease out
- Iron
- A medium
- Get pushy
- Basketball stratagem
- Bench exercise
- Apply force to
More clues leading to the result DECREASE
More clues leading to the result METAL
- Bismuth or arsenic
- Ore yield
- Tin, for example
- Gold, silver, or bronze
- Good conductor
- Kubrick's "Full ___ Jacket"
- This can be heavy
- Great conductor
- Mastodon's genre
- Meshuggah's music
More clues leading to the result MANGLE
- Put through the wringer
- Handle ineptly
- Laundry machine
- Mar badly
- Botch badly
- Really mess up
- Botch
- Make a mess of
- Household apparatus.
- Machine for ironing.
More clues leading to the result METALLICELEMENT
- What's been deposited in four squares of this puzzle, expressed both by name and by symbol
- IRON
- Mercury
- SILVER
- Mercury or silver
- Mercury or gallium
More clues leading to the result SMOOTHASSILK
More clues leading to the result ITEMINAGOLFBAG
More clues leading to the result SMOOTHOUT
More clues leading to the result MANACLE
- Handcuff
- Restraint
- Hand holder?
- Slap cuffs on
- Restraining device
- Restraint usually seen in pairs
- Restrain, in a way
- Hamper
- Band of the hand?
- Cuff
More clues leading to the result LAUNDRYROOMITEM
More clues leading to the result SIXSHOOTER
- Western weapon.
- Frontier weapon.
- Sheriff's need.
- Revolver type
- Gun in a western
- Something that may hold up a train?
- Revolver variety
- OK Corral weapon
- Revolver
- IRON