The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STRAIT , but the solution may also be Abbr. which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Narrow passage crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STRAIT | 33 % | 6 |
| LANE | 15 % | 4 |
| GORGE | 7 % | 5 |
| INLET | 7 % | 5 |
| ALLEY | 7 % | 5 |
| AISLE | 7 % | 5 |
| ALLEYWAY | 7 % | 8 |
| DEFILE | 7 % | 6 |
| Abbr. | 4 % | 5 |
| THROAT | 4 % | 6 |
Why may ABBR be the right solution?
unknown
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Narrow passage
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bottleneck
- choke point
- throat
- fluffy
- gullet
- fluff
- emanate
- hatch
- plush
- gum
- rub
- fuzzy
Crossword Answer definitions
STRAIT noun- A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
- A narrow pass, passage or street.
- A neck of land; an isthmus.
- (often in the plural) A difficult position.
- To confine; put to difficulties.
- To tighten.
- Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
- Righteous, strict.
- Tight; close; tight-fitting.
- Close; intimate; near; familiar.
- Difficult; distressful.
- Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
- Strictly; rigorously.
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 STRAIT
- C&W's George
- ____ of Magellan
- See 30-Across
- Isthmus
- Cook or Bering
- Funnel for ships
- Country singer George
- Bottleneck in the blue
- Narrow nautical passage
- Narrow waterway
More clues leading to the result LANE
- Alley
- Bowling-alley unit
- Clark's Lois
- Free-throw area
- Highway division
- Nathan of "The Birdcage"
- Olsen coworker
- Strike location
- The Beatles' "Penny __"
- Abbe or Lois
More clues leading to the result GORGE
- Overeat
- Stuff
- Pig out
- Go way past noshing
- Deep chasm
- Olduvai ___ (site of many early hominid fossils)
- Bungee-jump setting
- Grand Canyon, e.g.
- Area between two ridges
- Stuff to the gills
More clues leading to the result INLET
- Puget Sound, for one
- Small bay
- Small cove
- Shoreline recess
- Cove
- Firth or fjord
- Narrow waterway
- Sound connection?
- Certain entrance
- Passage to the sea
More clues leading to the result ALLEY
- Part of a tennis court
- Cat's hang-out
- Tin pan follower
- Kegler's milieu
- Strike locale
- Area with trash cans
- Cat's hangout
- Site of balls and strikes
- Strike setting
- Tin Pan or Gasoline
More clues leading to the result AISLE
- Bridal path?
- Passage way?
- Usher's beat
- Bridal path
- Usher's milieu
- Dairy section, perhaps
- Gangway
- Supermarket walkway
- What a bride walks down
- It may be between the seats
More clues leading to the result ALLEYWAY
- Spot for skittles
- Narrow passage
- Dumpster locale
- Back street
- Passage.
- Urban passage
- No place for a rig
- Shortcut in a chase scene, maybe
- Place for a Dumpster
- Passage between buildings
More clues leading to the result DEFILE
- Narrow mountain pass
- Contaminate
- Make dirty
- Besmirch
- Pollute
- Sully
- Taint
- Sully, as a reputation
- Tarnish, as a reputation
- Dirty
More clues leading to the result Abbr.
- QB goof
- Drill instructor's rank, often
- You might need just the "last four" of it
- Spanish title
- Ramps might connect them
- Largest in a set of kitchen measurers
- Particularly
- 16 cups
- Essay count
- Land bordering 26-Across