The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word CAN , but the solution may also be SALT which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Preserve, in a way crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CAN | 30 % | 3 |
| SALT | 28 % | 4 |
| EMBALM | 13 % | 6 |
| CURE | 8 % | 4 |
| RECORD | 4 % | 6 |
| FREEZEDRY | 4 % | 9 |
| ICE | 2 % | 3 |
| FLASHFREEZE | 2 % | 11 |
| FREEZE | 2 % | 6 |
| ENCASE | 2 % | 6 |
| TAPE | 2 % | 4 |
| SMOKE | 2 % | 5 |
| ENSILE | 2 % | 6 |
Why may SALT be the right solution?
The answer "SALT" is the right solution because it is commonly used to preserve food.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Preserve, in a way
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- can
- clock
- continue
- continuing
- dry
- flourish
- flourishing
- for
- freeze
- game
- good
- guard
Crossword Answer definitions
CAN verb- (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
- To know.
- A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.
- A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
- A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
- A chamber pot, now a toilet or lavatory.
- Buttocks.
- Jail or prison.
- (in the plural) Headphones.
- A drinking cup.
- A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
- A chimney pot.
- (in the plural) an E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
- To seal in a can.
- To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
- To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
- To shut up.
- To fire or dismiss an employee.
- To hole the ball.
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 CAN
- Food holder
- Lay off
- Fire
- Pantry item
- Preserve
- Dismiss
- Issue walking papers to
- Recyclable item
- Recycled item
- Soup unit
More clues leading to the result SALT
- NaCI
- NaCl
- Seadog
- Skeptic's grain
- 1972 pact
- Popcorn add-on
- Pretzel topper
- Season
- Soluble compound
- It melts the ice
More clues leading to the result EMBALM
- Fill with deadly chemicals, in a way
- Prepare to be in the grave
- Preserve, in a way
- Mummify, say
- Insulate from change
- Preserve, as a dead body
- Mummify.
- Preserve, as Tut
- Mummify
- Make a mummy of
More clues leading to the result CURE
- Medical researcher's goal
- Medical researcher's quest
- Preserve meat
- No placebo
- Preserve
- Make well
- Treat (meat)
- Use the smokehouse
- Make all better
- "Lovesong" singers, with "the"
More clues leading to the result RECORD
- Make a tape of
- Hard-to-match feat
- *Something in a sleeve
- Disk of old
- Put on tape
- Item with a flip side
- Grad's grades, courses, etc.
- Album, maybe
- Tape
- LP or 45
More clues leading to the result FREEZEDRY
- Preserve, in a way
- Preserve, as coffee
- Preserve via dehydration
- Prepare for consumption in space, maybe
More clues leading to the result ICE
- Chill
- Dry __ (solid Carbon dioxide)
- Gerald Browne's "Green ___"
- Hockey field
- Rink surface
- Ross __ Shelf
- Winter sculpture material
- Bar request
- Bruin's milieu
- Diamonds, to jewel thieves
More clues leading to the result FLASHFREEZE
More clues leading to the result FREEZE
- Hold still
- "Hold it!"
- "Don't move a muscle!"
- "Don't make a move!"
- "Don't budge!"
- Ice up
- "Hold it right there!"
- Citrus grower's concern
- Turn to ice
- Don't move
More clues leading to the result ENCASE
- Use a container
- Prepare for shipping
- Protect, in a way
- Protect from cracking, as one's phone
- Shut up?
- Cover totally
- Prepare for a museum, perhaps
- Sheathe
- Put in a crate
- Completely surround, in a way
More clues leading to the result TAPE
- 3M product
- CD alternative
- Cassette contents
- Gift-wrapper's need
- Driver's diversion
- Make a video
- Scotch follower
- Scotch or duct
- The reel thing
- Record
More clues leading to the result SMOKE
- Preserve meat
- Tennessee Williams' "Summer and ___"
- Combustion evidence
- What it went up in
- Parliament output
- Pre-telegraphic signal
- Fire sign?
- Fire giveaway
- Fireworks-show byproduct
- Cloud contents, perhaps