The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word IRON , but the solution may also be BARBELL which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Pressing need crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IRON | 78 % | 4 |
| STEAM | 14 % | 5 |
| STEAMIRON | 3 % | 9 |
| SADIRON | 2 % | 7 |
| BARBELL | 2 % | 7 |
| STARCH | 2 % | 6 |
Why may BARBELL be the right solution?
The term "press" in weightlifting refers to lifting a weight above your head. A "pressing need" could be interpreted as a need to lift weights, specifically a barbell.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pressing need
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- urgency
- emergency
- exigency
- dire
- instance
- urgent
- now
- immediate
- quick
- urge
- rash
- instant
Crossword Answer definitions
IRON noun- A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
- A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
- Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
- A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
- (usually plural, irons) Shackles.
- A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
- A dark shade of the colour/color silver.
- (shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable) A male homosexual.
- A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
- Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
- Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
- A safety curtain in a theatre.
- Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.
- To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
- To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
- To furnish or arm with iron.
- Made of the metal iron.
- Strong (as of will), inflexible.
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 IRON
- "The Man in the ___ Mask"
- Board appliance
- Curtain material, once?
- Hard rock group ___ Maiden
- Lonesome household appliance
- Mangle
- Press
- Spiff up the shirts
- Woods choice
- Word with curling or shooting
More clues leading to the result STEAM
- Kind of bath
- Kind of shovel
- Prepare clams
- Prepare rice
- Propellant for Casey Jones
- Vapor
- Word with iron or bath
- You might blow it off
- Calliope power
- Prepare veggies, in a way
More clues leading to the result STEAMIRON
- Pressing item?
- Pressing need?
- Wrinkle remover of a sort
- Hissing de-creaser
- Pressing need
- Household gadget used on a board
- One sitting on a board
- Post-laundry appliance
- Panasonic product
- Home appliance
More clues leading to the result SADIRON
- Old-fashioned clothes presser
- Clothes presser, of yore
- Heavy pressing implement.
- Clothes presser.
- Pressing instrument.
- Tailor's implement.
- Presser.
- Pressing device.
- Former laundry tool.
- Presser's item.
More clues leading to the result BARBELL
- Strongman's prop
- Weightlifter's apparatus
- Biceps builder
- Weightlifter's lift
- Item of gymnasium equipment.
- Gymnasium item.
- Gym item.
- Item for a gymnast
- Gear for 48 Across
- *Bench-pressing equipment