The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SUE , but the solution may also be ASK which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in LA Times).
Petition crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SUE | 30 % | 3 |
| ASK | 17 % | 3 |
| PLEA | 13 % | 4 |
| ENTREAT | 9 % | 7 |
| BEG | 8 % | 3 |
| SOLICIT | 5 % | 7 |
| ENTREATY | 4 % | 8 |
| APPEAL | 4 % | 6 |
| REQUEST | 3 % | 7 |
| PRAY | 2 % | 4 |
| ROUNDROBIN | 2 % | 10 |
| PRAYTO | 1 % | 6 |
| SUEFOR | 1 % | 6 |
| PLEAD | 1 % | 5 |
| SUIT | 1 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Petition
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- request
- orison
- communion
- prayer
- claim
- complainant
- solicitation
- appeal
- lawsuit
- plea
- writ
- behest
Crossword Answer definitions
SUE verb- To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
- To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
- (of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.).
- To leave high and dry on shore.
- To court.
- To follow.
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 SUE
- "Runaround ____"
- "__ Me" ("Guys and Dolls" tune)
- Go courting?
- '"A Boy Named ___"
- Drag to court
- Petition
- Take to court
- "So ___ me"
- Be litigious
- ___ Ellen Ewing
More clues leading to the result ASK
- "Don't __!"
- Cross-examine
- Inquire
- JFK quote starter
- Make a request
- Make an entreaty
- Put it to someone
- Query
- Question
- Solicit bids
More clues leading to the result PLEA
- Adjuration
- Beg
- Entreaty
- Kind of bargain
- Appeal
- Bargain ploy
- Court offering
- Nolo contendere, e.g.
- __ bargain
- "Not guilty" is one
More clues leading to the result ENTREAT
More clues leading to the result BEG
- Appeal to
- Implore
- Plead
- Hold out one's hand
- Petition
- Crusade for change?
- Go hunting for table scraps
- Plead with
- Seek change
- Work for a few quarters?
More clues leading to the result SOLICIT
- Importune
- Request
- Request respectfully
- Ask for
- Petition
- Formally request
- Formally ask for
- Drum up, as business
- Make petition.
- Importune.
More clues leading to the result ENTREATY
More clues leading to the result APPEAL
- Attorney's recourse
- Seek a new trial
- Attractive quality
- Post-verdict recourse
- Attraction or charm
- Attraction
- Fund-raiser's letter
- Legal action
- Court case, sometimes
- Petition
More clues leading to the result REQUEST
- Ask for, as a song
- Ask
- Ask politely
- Ask for
- Word on a wedding invitation.
- What is asked for.
- Ask.
- Petition.
- Application
- Petition
More clues leading to the result PRAY
- Address God
- Make a novena
- ___ to the porcelain god
- "Eat, ___, Love"
- Speak up?
- Say grace, say
- Do a little Tebowing
- Put your hands together?
- Seek help from above
- Supplicate
More clues leading to the result ROUNDROBIN
- Tournament format
- Alternative to an elimination
- Tournament type
- Type of tournament
- Overweight Williams?
- Tournament in which you play everyone else at least once
- Format for some tournaments
- Fat flier?
- Elimination alternative
- Petition signed in circular form.
More clues leading to the result PRAYTO
- Beseech
- Seek divine help from
- Seek divine intervention from
- Seek divine guidance from
- Seek help from
- "___ God . . . "
- Petition
- "___ thy father . . . ": Matt. 6:6
- Implore
- Put your hands together for?
More clues leading to the result SUEFOR
More clues leading to the result PLEAD
- Beg
- Respond, as to a charge
- Get down on one's knees
- Make one's case
- Beg and then some
- Entreat
- Supplicate
- Implore
- Tell it to the judge
- Answer a court charge