The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word YALE , but the solution may also be BROWN which is one of the most recent solution (1993 in New York Times).
One 39-Across crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| YALE | 13 % | 4 | 
| HARVARD | 13 % | 7 | 
| COLUMBIA | 13 % | 8 | 
| PRINCETON | 13 % | 9 | 
| DARTMOUTH | 13 % | 9 | 
| BROWN | 13 % | 5 | 
| PENN | 13 % | 4 | 
| CORNELL | 13 % | 7 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: One 39-Across
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cornell
 - shares
 - columbia
 - dartmouth
 - harvard
 - impost
 - princeton
 - blow
 - cross
 - project
 - shuffle
 - thirty
 
Crossword Answer definitions
YALE noun- A mythical beast in European mythology and heraldry, usually portrayed as an antelope- or goat-like four-legged creature with large horns that it can swivel in any direction.
 
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 YALE
- Clinton's alma mater
 - Eli's home
 - Linus ___, lock manufacturer
 - New Haven university
 - Where Bill met Hillary
 - Brown's competition
 - Ivy League school
 - Lock maker
 - The "Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut," now
 - Brown's rival
 
More clues leading to the result HARVARD
- Where Elena Kagan taught
 - First American college
 - Cambridge campus
 - Oldest United States college
 - Goal of many valedictorians
 - Ivy League school
 - Where W.E.B. Du Bois got his doctorate
 - Chief Justice Roberts' alma mater
 - Butcher's son, clergyman, philanthropist.
 - Where the Marshall Plan was launched.
 
More clues leading to the result COLUMBIA
- Ivy League member in the Big Apple
 - South Carolina's capital
 - Ivy League school
 - New York Ivy
 - Capital of South Carolina.
 - Statehouse, South Carolina U., and the Congaree River.
 - America.
 - The United States.
 - Famed ocean gem
 - Home of some Lions
 
More clues leading to the result PRINCETON
- "A Beautiful Mind" setting
 - Einstein's U.S. home
 - Town in B.C.'s Okanagan district
 - Institution at which this puzzle's honoree earned a Ph.D. in mathematics
 - Ivy League school
 - Institute for Advanced Study locale
 - Tigers' home
 - Bill Bradley's alma mater
 - John Nash's employer
 - 2,000 pounds of royalty?
 
More clues leading to the result DARTMOUTH
- Name of a ship that carried the tea
 - Nova Scotia city
 - City near Halifax
 - New Hampshire school
 - Ivy League power.
 - Member of the Ivy League.
 - Devonshire seaport
 - One 39-Across
 - New Hampshire college
 - The Big Green of college sports
 
More clues leading to the result BROWN
- Horace Mann's alma mater
 - Ivy in Rhode Island
 - Oakland mayor Jerry
 - Ivy League school
 - Sauté
 - Chestnut or chocolate
 - See 17-Across
 - <
>  - Toast
 - ___ vs. Board of Education
 
More clues leading to the result PENN
- 1681 Quaker colony founder
 - Actor Sean
 - Early Quaker settler
 - "Dead Man Walking" star Sean
 - English Quaker colonizer
 - Ivy in Philly
 - "Bonnie and Clyde" director
 - Teller's partner
 - 2008 Best Actor winner
 - Actor Kal of the Harold and Kumar movies