The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SNAG , but the solution may also be AGE which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in LA Times).
Obstruction crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SNAG | 28 % | 4 |
| DAM | 9 % | 3 |
| STOPPAGE | 9 % | 8 |
| CLOG | 7 % | 4 |
| LET | 7 % | 3 |
| IMPEDIMENT | 7 % | 10 |
| BARRIER | 5 % | 7 |
| RUB | 5 % | 3 |
| HITCH | 5 % | 5 |
| LOGJAM | 2 % | 6 |
| BAR | 2 % | 3 |
| JAMUP | 2 % | 5 |
| BOTTLENECK | 2 % | 10 |
| BLOCKAGE | 2 % | 8 |
| AGE | 2 % | 3 |
| ROADBLOCK | 2 % | 9 |
| BARRICADE | 2 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Obstruction
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- impedimenta
- obstacle
- impediment
- obstructive
- hindrance
- obstructionist
- hindering
- obstruct
- obstructionism
- hinder
- blocking
- blockage
Crossword Answer definitions
SNAG noun- A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
- A dead tree that remains standing.
- A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
- (by extension) Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
- A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
- A problem or difficulty with something.
- A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
- One of the secondary branches of an antler.
- To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
- To damage or sink (a vessel) by collision; said of a tree or branch fixed to the bottom of a navigable body of water and partially submerged or rising to just beneath the surface.
- To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.
- To obtain or pick up (something).
- To stealthily steal with legerdemain prowess (something).
- To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
- A light meal.
- A sausage.
- A goal.
- A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
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 SNAG
- Glitch
- Hidden obstacle
- Unforeseen obstacle
- Unforseen problem
- Cause of a run
- Hangup in the negotiations
- Hoisery mishap
- Run producer
- Stocking spoiler
- Unforseen obstacle
More clues leading to the result DAM
- It holds water
- TVA project
- Hoover is one
- Hoover or Norris
- Hoover, for one
- It retains water
- Reservoir creator
- Water container?
- Water stopper
- Barrier
More clues leading to the result STOPPAGE
- Obstruction
- Cessation of activity
- Cessation
- Clog
- Obstruction.
- Plumber's problem
- Block
- Shutdown
- Sit-down, e.g.
- Union work ploy
More clues leading to the result CLOG
- Job for Drano
- Sabot
- Dance in wooden shoes
- Cause backups, say
- Jam up
- Thick-soled shoe
- Wooden shoe
- Rush hour phenomenon
- Clumsy shoe
- Get stopped up
More clues leading to the result LET
- Allow
- Court call
- Hire out
- Lease
- Pig tail?
- Rented
- The Beatles' "____ It Be"
- Wimbledon call
- __ down (disappoint)
- Tennis do-over
More clues leading to the result IMPEDIMENT
More clues leading to the result BARRIER
- Obstacle
- With 42 Across, coastal storm mitigators
- Obstruction
- Where racehorses line up at the start.
- Movable gate for starting race horses.
- Fence or wall.
- Great ___ Reef
- Australia's reef
- Block
- Roadblock
More clues leading to the result RUB
- Spice massaged onto raw food
- Try to work the knots out of, as a muscle
- Tug partner
- Massage
- "Ay, there's the ___"
- Get the knots out of, say
- Predicament
- Spa selection
- Source of irritation
- Abrade
More clues leading to the result HITCH
- Trailer need
- Snag
- 2005 Will Smith romcom
- Stint in the army
- Small obstacle
- Unforeseen obstacle
- Without a ___ (problem-free)
- Knot that's easily loosened
- Thumb
- Pull (up), as pants
More clues leading to the result LOGJAM
- River blockage
- Massive pileup
- Bottleneck
- Immovable pileup
- Immovable blockage
- Deadlock
- Pileup at a lumber mill
- Blockage
- Severe backup
- Backup
More clues leading to the result BAR
- Kind of code
- Milky Way unit
- Prevent
- Refuse admission to
- Serving counter
- Soap unit
- Word in many ranch names
- Word with roll or salad
- Close off
- Exclude
More clues leading to the result JAMUP
- Clog
- Printer malfunction
- Obstruction
- Bind
- Cause an obstruction in
- "___ and Jelly Tight" (1969 Tommy Roe hit)
- Snarl
- Copier malfunction
- Become clogged
- Obstruct, as a copier
More clues leading to the result BOTTLENECK
- Traffic squeeze
- Congested condition
- Jam site
- Traffic tie-up
- Traffic-jam cause
- Traffic jam
- Traffic slower
- Jam cause
- Narrow entrance
- Obstruction
More clues leading to the result BLOCKAGE
More clues leading to the result AGE
- Beauty preceder?
- Bio bit
- Cause of wrinkles
- Generation
- Get better, as wine
- Get older
- Go gray
- Grow sharper
- Historic period
- Iron or Bronze
More clues leading to the result ROADBLOCK
- Type of challenge in "The Amazing Race"
- Reason to slow down
- Obstruction
- Part of a dragnet.
- Highway police procedure.
- Barricade
- Barricade by police cars
- Dragnet operation
- Police stop
- Place for a "Bridge Out" sign