The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DEFER which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2014.
Pass the buck crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEFER | 67 % | 5 |
| REFER | 17 % | 5 |
| PUNT | 17 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pass the buck
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- buck up
- pass the torch
- throw under the bus
- take the fall
- duckshove
- point the finger at
- take it upon oneself
- leave someone holding the bag
- take the heat
- lay at someone's door
- pass the baton
- lie at someone's door
Crossword Answer definitions
DEFER verb- To delay or postpone
- After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
- To delay, to wait.
- To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority.
- To render, to offer.
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 DEFER
- Put off
- Hold off
- Yield to another's wishes
- Postpone, as an action
- Put off till later
- Bow, in a way
- Postpone
- Table
- Wait for a better time
- Submit to authority
More clues leading to the result REFER
- Send elsewhere
- Touch on
- Attribute to
- Allude (to)
- Lake or Perry
- Make allusion
- Make an allusion
- Allude
- Send (to)
- Send, as to a specialist