The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MEAT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2016.
Nitty-gritty crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MEAT | 26 % | 4 |
| PITH | 19 % | 4 |
| GIST | 11 % | 4 |
| CRUX | 9 % | 4 |
| ESSENCE | 9 % | 7 |
| NUB | 6 % | 3 |
| BASICS | 6 % | 6 |
| NUTSANDBOLTS | 4 % | 12 |
| BASIC | 2 % | 5 |
| PEANUTSANDBOLTS | 2 % | 15 |
| KERNEL | 2 % | 6 |
| HEART | 2 % | 5 |
| MEATANDPOTATOES | 2 % | 15 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nitty-gritty
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gist
- substance
- essence
- sum
- inwardness
- center
- kernel
- heart
- marrow
- meat
- core
- pith
Crossword Answer definitions
MEAT noun- The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
- A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
- Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink.
- A type of food, a dish.
- A meal.
- Meal; flour.
- Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
- A penis.
- The best or most substantial part of something.
- The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
- A meathead.
- (Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.
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 MEAT
- Butcher's stock
- Headcheese, essentially
- Edible flesh
- Sum and substance
- Carnivore's need
- Goes with potatoes
- Potatoes' companion
- Food in a locker
- Ribs and such
- Ham or lamb
More clues leading to the result PITH
- Central part
- Essence
- Kind of helmet
- Brevity
- Core
- Heart of the matter
- Essence or core
- Importance
- Safari helmet material
- Essential part
More clues leading to the result GIST
- Essence
- Heart of the matter
- Basic idea
- Basic picture
- Nuts and bolts
- Main point
- Nub
- Heart
- Central meaning
- Nitty-gritty
More clues leading to the result CRUX
- Gist
- Pivotal point
- Heart
- Basic story
- Point
- Heart of the matter
- Nitty-gritty
- Nub
- Decisive stage
- Central feature
More clues leading to the result ESSENCE
- Magazine whose 2013 cover models have included Janelle Monáe and Serena Williams
- Crux
- Gist
- Main point
- Gist or quiddity
- Kernel
- Nitty-gritty
- Intrinsic nature
- Heart and soul
- Perfume
More clues leading to the result NUB
- Gist
- Broken crayon, perhaps
- Heart
- Pencil box bit
- Very-much-used pencil
- Oversharpened pencil?
- Well-worn pencil
- Essence
- Essential point
- Short piece of pencil
More clues leading to the result BASICS
- Bedrock principles
- ABCs
- ABC's
- Nitty-gritty
- What to go back to
- Fundamental facts
- Fundamentals
- Nuts and bolts
- First things to learn
- Primer material
More clues leading to the result NUTSANDBOLTS
More clues leading to the result BASIC
- Kind of training
- Fundamental
- Nitty-gritty
- Conformist, in slang
- Bare-bones
- Meat-and-potatoes
- Simple
- Computer language
- Like the ABCs
- Like ABCs
More clues leading to the result PEANUTSANDBOLTS
More clues leading to the result KERNEL
- Corn piece
- Corn cob member
- Nub
- Nitty-gritty
- Corn unit
- Corny bit
- Corny bit?
- Whole seed grain
- Bit of corn
- Ear piece?
More clues leading to the result HEART
- Innermost part
- Artichoke morsel
- Ticker
- "Crazy on You" band
- What "you gotta have"
- Blood's starting place
- Character
- Chest thumper?
- Classic tattoo
- Intrepidity