The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SURROGATE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1975.
One acting for another crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SURROGATE | 50 % | 9 |
| AGENT | 50 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: One acting for another
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- roquet
- delegate
- overplay
- vicarious
- vicegerent
- independent
- manner
- voluntary
- consistent
- bind
- play
- representative
Crossword Answer definitions
SURROGATE noun- A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
- A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
- A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
- A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
- A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and interstate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
- Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- An ersatz good.
- To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor.
- Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
- A unique identifier for an entity or object, not derived from application data.
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