The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TEMPO , but the solution may also be CADENCE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Pace crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TEMPO | 30 % | 5 |
| STEP | 25 % | 4 |
| GAIT | 19 % | 4 |
| RATE | 6 % | 4 |
| CLIP | 6 % | 4 |
| STRIDE | 6 % | 6 |
| SPEED | 3 % | 5 |
| TROT | 2 % | 4 |
| FOOTSTEP | 1 % | 8 |
| CADENCE | 1 % | 7 |
| RATEOFPROGRESS | 1 % | 14 |
Why may GAIT be the right solution?
The word "pace" is often used to describe a person's manner of walking. "Gait" is a synonym for pace and refers to a person's particular way of walking or running. Therefore, "gait" is the correct answer for the crossword clue "pace."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pace
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- step
- gait
- stride
- tread
- footstep
- yard
- rate
- tempo
- swing
- punch
- beat
- hustle
Crossword Answer definitions
TEMPO noun- A frequency or rate.
- A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.
- The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.
- The timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)
- The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)
- The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.
- A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries): a genericized trademark, originally associated with the manufacturer Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH.
- A rapid rate of play by the offense resulting from reducing the amount of time which elapses after one play ends and the next starts.
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 TEMPO
- Rhythm
- Beat
- Adagio, e.g.
- Grave for Vivaldi, e.g.?
- Pace
- Bach's score marking
- Musician's rate
- A conductor might signal that it should be picked up
- Melody rapidity
- Metronome measure
More clues leading to the result STEP
- "Watch your ____!"
- A to B, i.e.
- Dance part
- Distance from A to B, e.g.
- Instruction-sheet part
- Plan part
- Procedure part
- You may have to watch yours
- "One ___ at a time"
- Astaire movement
More clues leading to the result GAIT
- Speed afoot
- Way of walking
- Stride
- Trot, e.g.
- Walk or trot
- Way to go
- Dressage pace
- Gallop or canter
- Trotting or pacing
- Walking manner
More clues leading to the result RATE
- $150 per hour, for example
- Assess
- Deserve
- Deserve, as a raise
- How interest is shown
- Have importance
- "At any ___"
- Appraise
- Designate PG-13
- Designate as PG-13, e.g.
More clues leading to the result CLIP
- Brooch
- What you do with coupons
- __-on tie
- Bit of film
- Hair holder
- Kind of joint
- Shorten
- Type of board
- Paper fastener
- Shear off
More clues leading to the result STRIDE
- Take giant steps
- Gait
- Long step
- Walk in step
- Fats Waller piano style
- It's a big step
- Jazz piano style
- With 45-Down, Fats Waller specialty
- Steady pace
- Pace
More clues leading to the result SPEED
- Floor it
- Risk a summons
- Defy the limit
- Put the pedal to the metal
- Rate of movement
- Velocity
- Exceed the limit
- Risk a ticket
- Ignore the limit
- Going rate?
More clues leading to the result TROT
- Fox or turkey chaser
- Hot to __ (eager)
- Medium pace
- Hambletonian gait
- Horse walk
- Gait
- Horse's gait
- Sulky contest
- __ out (introduce)
- Scamper
More clues leading to the result FOOTSTEP
- Sound of someone walking
- Suspenseful movie effect
- Suspense movie sound
- One may echo in an alley
- Small distance
- Pace
- Short distance
- Sometimes portentous sound.
- Tread.
- Pedestrian sound.
More clues leading to the result CADENCE
- Rhythmic pattern
- March beat
- Marching rhythm
- Marching beat
- Musical beat
- Rhythmic beat
- Beat
- Rhythmic flow
- Metronome indication
- Rhythm