Answer to "Oversights" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LAPSES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Sun in 2004.

Oversights crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
LAPSES	67 %	6
OMISSIONS	33 %	9

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Oversights

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• inadvertence
• lapse
• supervision
• superintendence
• supervising
• ambiguities
• lapses
• misconceptions
• mistakes
• misunderstandings
• omissions
• blunders

Crossword Answer definitions

LAPSES noun

1. A temporary failure; a slip.
2. A decline or fall in standards.
3. A pause in continuity.
4. An interval of time between events.
5. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
6. A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
7. 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.
8. A fall or apostasy.

LAPSES verb

1. To fall away gradually; to subside.
2. To fall into error or heresy.
3. To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
4. To become void.
5. 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 LAPSES

• Memory mistakes
• Slips
• Subsides
• Gaps
• Memory slips
• Runs out
• Errors, as of memory
• Mistakes
• Memory gaps
• "Senior moments"

More clues leading to the result OMISSIONS

• They may be intentional
• Things left out.
• Acts of neglect.
• Oversights
• Left-out items
• Mistakes resulting from neglect
• Gaps