The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SUES , but the solution may also be PLEADS which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in New York Times).
Petitions crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SUES | 38 % | 4 |
| ASKS | 21 % | 4 |
| BEGS | 11 % | 4 |
| PRAYS | 7 % | 5 |
| BESEECHES | 5 % | 9 |
| ENTREATS | 5 % | 8 |
| PLEAS | 5 % | 5 |
| PLEADS | 3 % | 6 |
| SOLICITS | 3 % | 8 |
| ASKSFOR | 1 % | 7 |
| WOOS | 1 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Petitions
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- request
- orison
- communion
- prayer
- appeals
- applications
- asks
- calls
- cases
- claims
- communications
- complaints
Crossword Answer definitions
SUES 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 SUES
- Drags to court
- Petitions
- Takes to court
- Takes action
- Does a full court press?
- Takes legal steps
- Supplicates
- Seeks damages
- Seeks restitution
- Hauls to court
More clues leading to the result ASKS
More clues leading to the result BEGS
- Supplicate
- Cries out for
- Cries out (for)
- Mrs. Truman
- Asks for table scraps?
- Looks for a treat
- Seeks change
- Panhandles
- Bears alms?
- ___ off (declines)
More clues leading to the result PRAYS
- Requests earnestly
- Requests intervention, in a way
- Supplicates
- Says grace, e.g.
- Talks to the man upstairs
- Offers an orison
- Entreats
- Worships, in a way
- Petitions
- Talks up?
More clues leading to the result BESEECHES
More clues leading to the result ENTREATS
- Asks urgently
- Begs
- Beseeches
- Requests earnestly
- Petitions
- Presses
- Solicits earnestly.
- Asks with urgency.
- Pleads.
- Begs.
More clues leading to the result PLEAS
- "Nolo contendere," et al.
- Guilty and not guilty
- They sometimes fall on deaf ears
- Court actions
- Factual
- Folds in some 54-Across
- Earnest appeals
- Appeals
- Heartfelt requests
- Responses to charges
More clues leading to the result PLEADS
- Entreats earnestly
- Makes an entreaty
- Is appealing?
- Answers a charge
- Begs
- More than requests
- Addresses the court
- Responds in court
- Tells it to the judge
- Makes ones case
More clues leading to the result SOLICITS
- Gives a sales spiel
- Seeks, as aid
- Asks for, as a favor
- Petitions
- Seeks earnestly
- Asks for
- Entreats.
- Entreats
- Goes after
- Appeals for
More clues leading to the result ASKSFOR
- Requests
- Invites, as trouble
- Starts to negotiate, as a price
- Solicits
- Inquires after
- Petitions
- Makes a request
- Demands
- Invites