The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HACK which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2012.
Maligned writer crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HACK | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Maligned writer
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hack
- hash
- irs
- cain
- device
- harpy
- libel
- smear
- snipe
- abused
- reviled
- noble
Crossword Answer definitions
HACK noun- A tool for chopping.
- A hacking blow.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- A dry cough.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- A try, an attempt.
- The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- A mattock or a miner's pickaxe.
- An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
- An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
- A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
- Time check.
- A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.
- A kick on the shins in football.
- Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- To cough noisily.
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- (by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
- (by extension) To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
- To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.
- To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
- To swing at a pitched ball.
- (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
- To strike in a frantic movement.
- To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
- A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- A grating in a mill race.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
- A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.
- A hearse.
- (authorship) An untalented writer.
- One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- A political agitator. (slightly derogatory)
- A writer who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
- A procuress.
- To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
- To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
- To live the life of a drudge or hack.
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- To play hackeysack.
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