The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word HOG which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
One taking the lion’s share crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HOG | 100 % | 3 |
Why may HOG be the right solution?
The term "taking the lion's share" means taking the largest or majority portion of something. A "HOG" is often used to describe someone or something that takes more than their fair share. Therefore, "HOG" is the right answer as it represents someone or something that takes the lion's share.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: One taking the lion’s share
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- all
- deal
- pull
- hog
- suicide
- opine
- pay
- weight
- steal
- abstraction
- appropriation
- feriation
Crossword Answer definitions
HOG noun- Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
- (specifically) An adult swine (contrasted with a pig, a young swine).
- A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
- A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
- A young sheep that has not been shorn.
- A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
- A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
- A shilling coin; its value, 12 old pence.
- A tanner, a sixpence coin; its value.
- A half-crown coin; its value, 30 old pence.
- The effect of the middle of the hull of a ship rising while the ends droop
- To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
- To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
- To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
- To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
- To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel.
- A quahog (clam)
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