The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LAPSE , but the solution may also be ERROR which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Oversight crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LAPSE | 45 % | 5 |
| ERROR | 32 % | 5 |
| OMISSION | 11 % | 8 |
| MISS | 3 % | 4 |
| CARE | 3 % | 4 |
| SLIPUP | 3 % | 6 |
| CAREORNEGLECT | 3 % | 13 |
| MISTAKE | 3 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Oversight
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- inadvertence
- lapse
- supervision
- superintendence
- supervising
- omission
- forgetfulness
- neglect
- failure
- negligence
- error
- negligent
Crossword Answer definitions
LAPSE noun- A temporary failure; a slip.
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A pause in continuity.
- An interval of time between events.
- A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
- A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
- A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
- A fall or apostasy.
- To fall away gradually; to subside.
- To fall into error or heresy.
- To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
- To become void.
- To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
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 LAPSE
- Breach
- Run out
- Expire
- Spiritual fall
- Spell of forgetfulness
- Gap, as in time
- Fall back
- Slip
- Moment of blanking out
- Pass by
More clues leading to the result ERROR
- Box-score bobble
- Misstep
- Mistake
- Partner of trial
- "E" in the box score
- Baseballer's nightmare
- Dropped fly, e.g.
- Faux pas
- Programming bug, perhaps
- Slip-up
More clues leading to the result OMISSION
- Something neglected
- It was neglected
- Oversight
- Neglected item
- Dropping
- Thing left out
- Slip, perhaps
- It's left out
- What's left out
- Neglected duty.
More clues leading to the result MISS
- Get the wrong idea
- Overlook
- ___ Saigon (Broadway musical)
- Pageant contestant
- Pine for
- Flower girl's courtesy title
- Don't connect
- Be nostalgic for
- Feel nostalgic for
- Take a raincheck
More clues leading to the result CARE
- Be concerned
- ICU part
- Kind of package
- Bother about
- Close attention
- Day ____
- Give a hoot
- Prudence
- Tend to
- Devil-may-__ attitude