Answer to "Long writing" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SCREED , but the solution may also be TREATISE which is one of the most recent solution (2004 in Newsday).

Long writing crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SCREED	50 %	6
TREATISE	50 %	8

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Long writing

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• essay
• article
• treatise
• dissertation
• manuscript
• report
• documentation
• note
• mimeo
• account
• dictate
• review

Crossword Answer definitions

SCREED noun

1. A piece or narrow strip cut or torn off from a larger whole; a shred.
2. A piece of land, especially one that is narrow.
3. A rent, a tear.
4. A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
5. (by extension) A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism; a diatribe, a harangue.
6. Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.
7. Senses relating to building construction and masonry.

SCREED verb

1. To rend, to shred, to tear.
2. To read or repeat from memory fluently or glibly; to reel off.
3. To use a screed to produce a smooth, flat surface of concrete, plaster, or similar material; also (generally) to put down a layer of concrete, plaster, etc.
4. To become rent or torn.

SCREED noun

1. A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
2. The sound of something scratching or tearing.

SCREED verb

1. To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
2. To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound.
3. To play (a sound or tune) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.

SCREED adjective

1. Strewn with scree.

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 SCREED

• Harrangue
• Long boring speech
• Monotonous speech
• Blowhard's delivery
• Overlong lecture
• Windbag's diatribe
• Long and angry letter
• Lengthy discourse
• Blow-hard's diatribe
• Diatribe

More clues leading to the result TREATISE

• Written discourse
• "Das Kapital," for one
• Written discussion
• Dissertation
• Aristotle's "Metaphysics," e.g.
• Scholarly writing
• Written argument
• Mill's "On Liberty," for one
• Long writing
• Written exposition