The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word UNKEMPT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2019.
Needing neatening crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| UNKEMPT | 33 % | 7 |
| MESSY | 33 % | 5 |
| UNTIDY | 33 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Needing neatening
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- messy
- untidy
- edger
- edging
- comb
- edge
- make
- neaten
- comb out
- combatively
- combed
- disentangle
Crossword Answer definitions
UNKEMPT adjective- (of hair) Uncombed; dishevelled.
- (by extension) Disorderly; untidy; messy; not kept up.
- Rough; unpolished
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 UNKEMPT
- Disheveled
- Blowing in the wind, as hair
- Tatterdemalion
- Scruffy
- Disheveled.
- Sloppy
- Messy; disheveled
- Not neat
- Needing neatening
- Slovenly
More clues leading to the result MESSY
- In need of cleaning
- Like Junior's room, perhaps
- Neat? Not!
- Rancorous, as a divorce
- Tough to resolve
- Sloppy
- Not at all neat
- Complicated, as a breakup
- Like some divorces
- Unkempt