The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HOCKS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Pawns crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HOCKS | 89 % | 5 |
| HOSTAGES | 5 % | 8 |
| MEN | 5 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pawns
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- labourers
- pedestrians
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- pions
- puppets
Crossword Answer definitions
HOCKS noun- A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
- The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
- Meat from that part of a food animal.
- To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
- To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
- To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly
- To cough heavily, esp. causing uvular frication.
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 HOCKS
- Pawns
- Flips for some quick cash
- Exchanges for money
- Gets quick cash for
- Appaloosa's "ankles"
- Gets fast money for
- Sells for quick cash
- Rhine wines.
- White wines.
- Rhine wines
More clues leading to the result HOSTAGES
- Kidnapper's targets
- Freed group of '81
- Victims of Nazi vengeance.
- Status of some prisoners of war.
- Persons held as pledges.
- Persons held in pledge.
- Ones held for ransom.
- Headliners of 1979–81
- Pawns
- Carter problem: 1979-81