Answer to "Pre-Internet communications" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WIRES , but the solution may also be TELEXES which is one of the most recent solution (2003 in New York Times).

Pre-Internet communications crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
WIRES	50 %	5
TELEXES	50 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pre-Internet communications

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

• telex
• domain
• telnet
• beta
• repeater
• http
• level
• advance
• central
• ido
• post
• rally

Crossword Answer definitions

WIRES noun

1. Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
2. A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
3. A metal conductor that carries electricity.
4. A fence made of usually barbed wire.
5. A finish line of a racetrack.
6. A telecommunication wire or cable
7. (by extension) An electric telegraph; a telegram.
8. A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
9. A deadline or critical endpoint.
10. A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
11. (usually in the plural) Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.
12. (thieves' slang) A pickpocket who targets women.
13. A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
14. A knitting needle.
15. The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.

WIRES verb

1. To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
2. To string on a wire.
3. To equip with wires for use with electricity.
4. To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.
5. (usually passive) To fix or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour) in a particular way.
6. To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
7. To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
8. To install eavesdropping equipment.
9. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
10. To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.

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 WIRES

• Mess behind a computer
• Mess under a desk
• Electrician's concern
• Marionette attachments
• Telegrams
• Does some electrical work
• Juice containers?
• Piano's tone producers
• Pipe cleaner centers
• Some informants might wear them

More clues leading to the result TELEXES

• Pre-fax communications
• Outmoded e-mail
• Communicates electronically
• Fax forerunners
• Old-fashioned messages
• Some Western Union messages
• Devices for direct communication
• Pre-Internet communications
• Outdated communications
• E-mail ancestors