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 |
| MANACLE | 2 % | 7 |
| SIXSHOOTER | 2 % | 10 |
| LAUNDRYROOMITEM | 2 % | 15 |
| NUMBEREDGOLFCLUB | 2 % | 16 |
| CADDIESOFFERING | 2 % | 15 |
| MANGLE | 2 % | 6 |
| SMOOTHASSILK | 2 % | 12 |
| METALLICELEMENT | 2 % | 15 |
| SMOOTHOUT | 2 % | 9 |
| ITEMINAGOLFBAG | 2 % | 14 |
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 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 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
More clues leading to the result LAUNDRYROOMITEM
More clues leading to the result NUMBEREDGOLFCLUB
More clues leading to the result CADDIESOFFERING
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 SMOOTHASSILK
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