The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word REPLACE , but the solution may also be STOODIN which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in New York Times).
Pinch-hit for crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REPLACE | 40 % | 7 |
| STOODIN | 40 % | 7 |
| ACTED | 20 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pinch-hit for
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- replace
- pinch-hit
- avatar
- dab
- dash
- nip
- rbi
- swipe
- bust
- save
- slow
- arrest
Crossword Answer definitions
REPLACE verb- To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back
- To refund; to repay; to pay back
- To supply or substitute an equivalent for
- To take over the position or role from.
- To take the place of; to be used instead of
- To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
- To place again.
- To put in a new or different place.
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 REPLACE
- Supplant
- Substitute for
- Step in for
- Word processing command
- Succeed
- Pinch-hit for
- Go in for
- Supply anew.
- What Mr. Hyde failed to do to Dr. Jekyll.
- Supplant.
More clues leading to the result STOODIN
- Was a substitute
- Substituted (for)
- Acted as a substitute (for)
- Covered (for)
- ___ for (subbed)
- Pinch-hit
- Pinch-hit (for)
- Served as a proxy
- Performed as an understudy
- Subbed