The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SALTS , but the solution may also be CANS which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in LA Times).
Preserves, 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 |
---|---|---|
SALTS | 43 % | 5 |
CANS | 30 % | 4 |
EMBALMS | 13 % | 7 |
DRIES | 9 % | 5 |
CORNS | 4 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Preserves, in a way
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- morphism
- can
- jar
- protection
- salt
- sweet
- jam
- poach
- beadle
- buffer
- conservative
- conservator
Crossword Answer definitions
SALTS noun- A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
- One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
- A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
- A sailor (also old salt).
- Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.
- A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
- Flavour; taste; seasoning.
- Piquancy; wit; sense.
- A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
- Skepticism and common sense.
- Indignation; outrage; arguing.
- To add salt to.
- To deposit salt as a saline solution.
- To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
- To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
- To include colorful language in.
- To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
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 SALTS
- Adds zest to
- Does a post-icestorm chore
- Preserves, in a way
- Seasons
- Smelling ___
- Adds seasoning
- Epsom and table
- Popeye's buddies
- Flavors, in a way
- Pirate types
More clues leading to the result CANS
- Puts up?
- Some recyclables
- Preserves
- Recyclables
- Blocks someone from their trade?
- Ends of a certain homemade phone
- Food drive offerings
- Fires
- Supermarket stack
- Bomb shelter items
More clues leading to the result EMBALMS
- Mummifies
- Preserves, in a way
- Mummifies, maybe
- Prepares for a long rest
- Prepares for burial
- Preserves
- Mummifies, e.g.
- Preserves, in the end
- Preserves the dead
- Prepares for the pyramid
More clues leading to the result DRIES
- Helps with the dishes
- Desiccates
- Puts on the line
- ___ up (stops talking)
- Puts on the line?
- Lies in the sun, perhaps
- ___ up (quits talking)
- Hardens, perhaps
- Towels off
- Evaporates