The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word STOPGAP which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Makeshift crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STOPGAP | 58 % | 7 |
| RUDE | 16 % | 4 |
| CRUDE | 5 % | 5 |
| ERSATZ | 5 % | 6 |
| IMPROMPTU | 3 % | 9 |
| JURYRIGGED | 3 % | 10 |
| ADHOC | 3 % | 5 |
| RAW | 3 % | 3 |
| QUICKFIX | 3 % | 8 |
| APOLOGY | 3 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Makeshift
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- jury-rigged
- stopgap
- impermanent
- temporary
- improvised
- fallback
- hasty
- mobile
- precarious
- interim
- transitional
- substitute
Crossword Answer definitions
STOPGAP noun- That which fills a gap or hiatus.
- A temporary measure or short-term fix used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.
- Filling a gap or pause.
- Temporary; short-term.
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 STOPGAP
- Jury-rigged
- Makeshift
- Improvised
- Temporary substitute
- Temporary fix
- Temporary
- Quick fix
- Temporary solution
- ___ aid.
- Temporary expedient.
More clues leading to the result RUDE
- Lacking couth
- Lacking refinement
- Uncouth
- Boorish
- Hardly gentlemanly
- Discourteous
- Ill-mannered
- Impolite
- Least like Miss Manners
- Bad-mannered
More clues leading to the result CRUDE
- Totally tactless
- Exxon Valdez spill
- Unrefined
- Petroleum
- Boorish
- Unrefined cargo
- Tactless
- Like shacks and shanties
- Lacking comportment
- Rudimentary
More clues leading to the result ERSATZ
- Artificial
- Being an inferior substitute
- Imitation
- Manufactured
- Faux
- Fake
- Margarine, vis- -vis butter
- Sham
- Mock
- Not the real thing
More clues leading to the result IMPROMPTU
- Comment, part 3
- Spur-of-the-moment
- Makeshift
- Piece by 21 Across
- Off the cuff
- Like a jam
- Unprepared
- Musical composition
More clues leading to the result JURYRIGGED
More clues leading to the result ADHOC
- For a specific purpose
- Type of committee
- Like some company committees
- Provisional
- Like some committees
- Not standing
- With a specific purpose in mind
- With a specific task in mind
- ___ committee
- For a special purpose
More clues leading to the result RAW
- Fish for sushi
- Fresh
- Like sashimi
- Rarer than rare
- Inflamed
- Like some bars
- Like sushi
- Not cooked
- Unrefined
- Wet behind the ears
More clues leading to the result QUICKFIX
- Jury-rigged repair
- Band-aid
- Temporary solution
- Stopgap remedy
- Finger in the dike, e.g.
- Short-term solution
- Makeshift