The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MACES which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2002.
Old weapons crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MACES | 67 % | 5 |
| LANCES | 33 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Old weapons
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Crossword Answer definitions
MACES 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.
- 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.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result MACES
- Spiked clubs
- Tools for clobbering
- Sprays in self-defense
- Symbols of power
- Sprays defensively
- Ceremonial staffs
- Big clubs
- Clubbing weapons
- Items in medieval arsenals
- Nutmeg spices