The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word NARROWER which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2008.
Less encyclopedic crossword clue answers
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| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NARROWER | 100 % | 8 |
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Crossword Answer definitions
NARROWER adjective- Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
- Having a small margin or degree.
- Limited as to means; straitened
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
- One who, or that which, narrows.
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