The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LANTERN which also is the latest solution we found used in Boston Globe in 1985.
Old-time projector crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LANTERN | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Old-time projector
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lantern
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Crossword Answer definitions
LANTERN noun- A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.
- Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight).
- An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
- A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
- A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light.
- A lantern pinion or trundle wheel.
- (steam engines) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; a lantern brass.
- A light formerly used as a signal by a railway guard or conductor at night.
- A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
- Aristotle's lantern
- To furnish with a lantern.
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