The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MACE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2017.
Old ball and chain? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MACE | 100 % | 4 |
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Crossword Answer definitions
MACE noun- A heavy fighting club.
- A ceremonial form of this weapon.
- A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.
- An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.
- A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
- A billiard cue.
- To hit someone or something with a mace.
- An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.
- An old weight of 57.98 grains.
- A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.
- Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.
- To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device.
- To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can.
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