The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TAPER , but the solution may also be SLIM which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Narrow crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAPER | 31 % | 5 |
| NEAR | 17 % | 4 |
| SLIM | 14 % | 4 |
| LOCAL | 10 % | 5 |
| INSULAR | 7 % | 7 |
| ONETRACK | 3 % | 8 |
| CLOSE | 3 % | 5 |
| BIGOTED | 3 % | 7 |
| THIN | 3 % | 4 |
| PETTY | 3 % | 5 |
| STRICT | 3 % | 6 |
Why may SLIM be the right solution?
The word "slim" means thin or narrow in form, which makes it an appropriate answer for the clue "narrow."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Narrow
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- strait
- tapered
- tapering
- thin
- constrictive
- constringe
- constrict
- slender
- limited
- small
- little
- petty
Crossword Answer definitions
TAPER noun- A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle
- (by extension) a small light.
- A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object
- A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
- To make thinner or narrower at one end.
- To diminish gradually.
- Tapered; narrowing to a point.
- One who operates a tape machine.
- Someone who works with tape or tapes.
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 TAPER
- Thin candle
- Candle
- Reduce gradually
- Dwindle down
- Trail (off)
- Get to the point?
- Wicked light?
- Recorder at a gig
- Come to nothing?
- Decrease gradually
More clues leading to the result NEAR
More clues leading to the result SLIM
- Actor Pickens
- Narrow of shape
- Pickens, the actor
- Lose it
- Willowy
- Fat free?
- Highly unlikely
- Nigh impossible
- Unlikely
- Carlos ___ (Mexican businessman who has a controlling interest in the New York Times)
More clues leading to the result LOCAL
- Express alternative
- Train with many stops
- Union branch
- It's hardly express
- Like some news
- Makes all stops
- It makes all the stops
- Union unit
- Narrow in scope
- Certain subway
More clues leading to the result INSULAR
- Closed
- Narrow-minded
- Isolated
- Standing alone
- Detached
- Completely cut off
- Narrow, illiberal.
- Narrow-minded.
- Provincial.
- Narrow
More clues leading to the result ONETRACK
- Like an obsessive mind
- Kind of mind
- Like a narrow mind
- Not exactly open to alternatives
- Limited in scope
- Very narrowly focused
- Hardly like a multi-tasker
- Like a narrowly focused mind
- Limited in scope.
- Type of mind.
More clues leading to the result CLOSE
- "__, but no cigar!"
- Go under
- Lacking fresh air
- Anybody's game
- "That's the right idea"
- Hard to call
- Seal the deal
- __ shave
- No cigar?
- Needing a recount
More clues leading to the result BIGOTED
More clues leading to the result THIN
More clues leading to the result PETTY
- Big name at Daytona
- Kind of cash or officer
- Super Bowl XLII halftime entertainer Tom
- Small-minded
- Kind of theft
- 7-time Winston Cup winner Richard
- Of little importance
- Of minor importance
- Tom who sang "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
- Picayune