Answer to "Obelisks" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word NEEDLES , but the solution may also be MONOLITHS which is one of the most recent solution (2000 in Newsday).

Obelisks crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
NEEDLES	67 %	7
SHAFTS	17 %	6
MONOLITHS	17 %	9

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Obelisks

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• dagger
• needles
• obelus
• pyramids
• monoliths
• obols
• obolus
• pyramid
• towers
• scarabs
• ziggurats
• megaliths

Crossword Answer definitions

NEEDLES noun

1. A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.
2. Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
3. A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.
4. A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
5. A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
6. A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
7. (usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
8. A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)

NEEDLES verb

1. To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
2. To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
3. To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.

NEEDLES adjective

1. Not needed; unnecessary.

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 NEEDLES

• Ribs
• Pine droppings
• Teases
• Christmas-tree slivers
• Mojave Desert city frequented by Snoopy's brother Spike
• Fir coats
• What this puzzle's four longest answers have in common
• Upholsterer's tools
• Pine tree droppings
• Seasonal debris

More clues leading to the result SHAFTS

• They're all mine?
• Elevator passages
• Sticks it to
• Spear handles
• Elevator areas
• Treats unfairly
• Mine accesses
• Rays
• Golf club parts
• Great Pyramid passages

More clues leading to the result MONOLITHS

• Egyptian statues of the gods, essentially
• Yosemite's El Capitan and others
• Obelisks
• Obelisks, e.g.
• Easter Island mysteries
• Single-slab stone monuments
• Uprights at Stonehenge, e.g.
• Stonehenge structures