The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PATENT , but the solution may also be OVERT which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Obvious crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PATENT | 31 % | 6 |
| EVIDENT | 27 % | 7 |
| OVERT | 7 % | 5 |
| APPARENT | 5 % | 8 |
| PLAIN | 4 % | 5 |
| CLEAR | 4 % | 5 |
| MANIFEST | 3 % | 8 |
| BLATANT | 3 % | 7 |
| EASYTOSEE | 3 % | 9 |
| OPENANDSHUT | 2 % | 11 |
| CLEARCUT | 2 % | 8 |
| MARKED | 2 % | 6 |
| APMRENT | 1 % | 7 |
| SELFEXPLANATORY | 1 % | 15 |
| ANOBRAINER | 1 % | 10 |
| GLARING | 1 % | 7 |
| PLAINASDAY | 1 % | 10 |
Why may OVERT be the right solution?
"OVERT" means easily seen or understood, which is synonymous with "obvious."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Obvious
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- self-explanatory
- evident
- self-evident
- overt
- axiomatic
- conspicuous
- frank
- manifest
- perceptible
- salient
- apparent
- outstanding
Crossword Answer definitions
PATENT noun- A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent.
- A specific grant of ownership of a piece of property; a land patent.
- License; formal permission.
- Patent leather: a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for shoes and accessories.
- To successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent.
- Open, unobstructed, expanded.
- Explicit and obvious.
- (of flour) That is fine, and consists mostly of the inner part of the endosperm.
- Open; unconcealed; conspicuous.
- Open to public perusal; said of a document conferring some right or privilege.
- Protected by a legal patent.
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 PATENT
- It may be pending
- Inventor's paper
- Obvious
- Inventor's protection
- Invention protection
- Protection authorized in 1790
- Document for Edison
- Inventor's possession
- Inventor's goal
- Possibly pending protection
More clues leading to the result EVIDENT
More clues leading to the result OVERT
- Above-board
- In plain view
- Impossible to miss
- In broad daylight
- Not secretive
- Not hidden
- Hardly hidden
- Out in the open
- Barefaced
- In the open
More clues leading to the result APPARENT
More clues leading to the result PLAIN
- Unadorned
- Sans toppings
- Pizza choice
- Easy to see
- Steppe or savannah
- Like the nose on your face
- Like Amish style
- ___ People (Amish)
- Unvarnished
- "Sarah, ___ and Tall" (Glenn Close movie)
More clues leading to the result CLEAR
- Easily understood
- Free from guilt
- Unclouded
- "_____ and Present Danger"
- Loud's partner
- Pass over
- Unblemished
- Weatherman's word
- Unmistakable
- Forecaster's word
More clues leading to the result MANIFEST
- Liner list
- Obvious
- Customs document
- Ship's cargo list
- __ Destiny: 19th-century U.S. doctrine
- Make evident
- List of a ship's cargo.
- Display
- Cargo list
- List of passengers
More clues leading to the result BLATANT
- Not subtle
- Obvious
- Brazenly obvious
- Not at all subtle
- Sticking out
- Hardly inconspicuous
- Far from subtle
- Glaringly obvious
- Out there
- Opposite of "muted"
More clues leading to the result EASYTOSEE
- Out in the open
- Readily understood
- Clearly visible
- Obvious
- Crystal clear
- Apparent
- Crystal-clear
- Plain
- Unmistakably clear
More clues leading to the result OPENANDSHUT
- Easily settled, like a case
- Easily resolved
- Ironclad
- Easily decided, as a court case
- Obvious: Colloq.
- Obvious.
- Kind of case
- Obvious
- Easily decided
More clues leading to the result CLEARCUT
- Sharply defined
- Log, in a way
- Without ambiguity
- Obvious
- Plain as day
- Unambiguous
- Quite definite
- Sharply defined.
- Easy to see.
- Beyond doubt
More clues leading to the result MARKED
- Part 6 of observation
- Like a gangland foe, perhaps
- Like cards in a crooked deck
- Doctored, as a deck
- Striking
- Obvious
- Singled out
- Like some cards and men
- Graded, as school papers
- Like a cheater's deck
More clues leading to the result APMRENT
More clues leading to the result SELFEXPLANATORY
More clues leading to the result ANOBRAINER
More clues leading to the result GLARING
- Flagrant
- Obvious, as a defect
- Impossible to miss
- Flagrant error!
- Like a flagrant error
- Plainly evident.
- Vividly conspicuous.
- Obvious
- Hard to miss
- Harshly bright