The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SCISSORS , but the solution may also be CANOPENER which is one of the most recent solution (2017 in New York Times).
One function of 1-/43-/76-Across crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCISSORS | 25 % | 8 |
| CORKSCREW | 25 % | 9 |
| TWEEZERS | 25 % | 8 |
| CANOPENER | 25 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: One function of 1-/43-/76-Across
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- blow
- cross
- shuffle
- apso
- cleopatra
- foot
- sue
- project
- functionate
- overage
- 100
- para
Crossword Answer definitions
SCISSORS noun- One blade on a pair of scissors.
- Scissors.
- (noun adjunct) Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.
- To cut using, or as if using, scissors.
- To excise or expunge something from a text.
- To reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy.
- To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.
- (sex) To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
- To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other.
- (usually construed as plural) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.
- An attacking move conducted by two players; the player without the ball runs from one side of the ball carrier, behind the ball carrier, and receives a pass from the ball carrier on the other side.
- A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
- An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
- A scissors hold.
- (rock paper scissors) A hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors), that beats paper and is loses to rock. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
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 SCISSORS
- Coupon clipper's tool
- They can cut your bills in half!
- Salon snippersd
- Barbershop essential
- Gift-wrapping aid
- Kind of kick
- Kind of a kick
- Wrapper's pair
- *Loser to rock, beater of paper
- Paper cutter
More clues leading to the result CORKSCREW
- Opener at a bar
- Rotini's shape
- Bottle of fine wine opener
- Bottle opener
- Oenophile's need
- Wine cellar tool
- *Shape of rotini pasta
- Wine-bottle accessory
- Bottle opener.
- Zigzag
More clues leading to the result TWEEZERS
- First-aid kit item
- Little grabbers
- Splinter removers
- *Eyebrow-plucking tool
- Splinter-remover's gadget
- Plucking "pair"
- Crime lab tool
- One function of 1-/43-/76-Across