Answer to "Patent medicine" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TONIC which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2008.

Patent medicine crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
TONIC	20 %	5
REMEDY	20 %	6
ELIXIR	20 %	6
MILKOFMAGNESIA	20 %	14
NOSTRUM	20 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Patent medicine

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

• prescription drug
• protectant
• medicament
• pharmacon
• medicine
• farmaceutical
• panpharmacon
• disprin
• medication
• special
• pharmaceutical
• folk medicine

Crossword Answer definitions

TONIC noun

1. A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.
2. Tonic water.
3. (Massachusetts) Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop.
4. Someone or something that revitalises or reinvigorates.

TONIC adjective

1. Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
2. Restorative, curative or invigorating.

TONIC noun

1. The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
2. The triad built on the tonic note.
3. A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.

TONIC adjective

1. Pertaining to or based upon the first note of a diatonic scale.
2. Pertaining to the accent or stress in a word or in speech.
3. Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically being or relating to a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, i.e. a vowel or diphthong.

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 TONIC

• Invigorating dose
• Quinine water
• Restorative agent
• Elixir
• Fixer upper
• Gin's sparkly partner
• Part of G&T
• Bracer
• Gin partner
• Mixer

More clues leading to the result REMEDY

• Licorice paste for calluses, e.g.
• Cure
• "There is no ___ for love but to love more" (Thoreau)
• Medical solution
• Pain reliever, e.g.
• It's good for what ails you
• Treatment that works
• Put right
• Healer's offering
• Correct

More clues leading to the result ELIXIR

• Cure-all
• Magical brew
• Snake oil
• Panacea
• Alchemist's magic stuff
• Alchemist's potion
• Cure-all tonic
• Quack's concoction
• Magic potion
• Magical drink

More clues leading to the result MILKOFMAGNESIA

• Antacid preparation
• Antacid name since 1872
• Patent medicine
• Upset stomach remedy [Brontë governess]

More clues leading to the result NOSTRUM

• Cure-all
• Spurious remedy
• Quack's elixir
• Medicine show elixir
• Quack medicine.
• Magic elixir.
• Favorite remedy.
• Questionable remedy.
• Cure-all.
• Patent medicine.