The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CRANKS which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2003.
Old car starters crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CRANKS | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Old car starters
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- banger
- bus
- crate
- heap
- jalopy
- bomb
- essex
- rattletrap
- heaped
- bucket
- crock
- junker
Crossword Answer definitions
CRANKS noun- A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
- The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
- Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
- An ill-tempered or nasty person.
- A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
- A fit of temper or passion.
- (dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others. They may behave in unconventional ways.
- (1800s) A baseball fan.
- An advocate of a pseudoscience movement.
- A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
- A sick person; an invalid.
- A penis.
- To turn by means of a crank.
- To turn a crank.
- (of a crank or similar) To turn.
- To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
- To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
- To be running at a high level of output or effort.
- To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
- A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug, similar to cocaine. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.
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