The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PLUGS , but the solution may also be TOUTS which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Promotes crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PLUGS | 18 % | 5 |
| TOUTS | 15 % | 5 |
| BOOSTS | 12 % | 6 |
| ABETS | 9 % | 5 |
| TALKSUP | 9 % | 7 |
| SELLS | 6 % | 5 |
| ELEVATES | 6 % | 8 |
| FOSTERS | 6 % | 7 |
| PUSHES | 3 % | 6 |
| HELPS | 3 % | 5 |
| FURTHERS | 3 % | 8 |
| STRESSES | 3 % | 8 |
| SPEEDS | 3 % | 6 |
| UPS | 3 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Promotes
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- kick upstairs
- advance
- elevate
- raise
- further
- boost
- upgrade
- push
- encourage
- advertize
- abets
- accommodates
Crossword Answer definitions
PLUGS noun- A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
- Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- A high, tapering silk hat.
- A worthless horse.
- Any worn-out or useless article.
- A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
- A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these.
- A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
- A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
- A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- (jewellery) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
- A drug dealer.
- A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
- To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
- To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.
- To persist or continue with something.
- To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
- To have sex with, penetrate sexually.
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 PLUGS
- Hearing protection at concerts
- Advertises
- Transplanted hair
- Promotes
- Talk show promotions, at times
- Drain blockers
- Leak stoppers
- Outlet inserts
- Power strip inserts
- Spark providers
More clues leading to the result TOUTS
- Race track figures
- Track tipsters
- Talks up at the track
- Sings the praises of
- Double play result
- Racetrack tipsters
- Brags on
- Gamblers
- Sells tips
- Track figures
More clues leading to the result BOOSTS
- Gives a leg up
- Lifts morale
- Gives a leg up to
- Shoplifts, in slang
- Lifts up
- Pushes up
- Gives a lift
- Promotes
- Steals, slangily
- Raises
More clues leading to the result ABETS
- Drives the getaway car
- Drives the getaway car, perhaps
- Gives a hand
- Assists, as with a prison escape
- Helps by distracting the cops during a heist, perhaps
- Disables a security camera, perhaps
- Sets up crimes
- Acts the accomplice
- Lends a hand
- Helps in wrongdoing
More clues leading to the result TALKSUP
More clues leading to the result SELLS
- Goes like hotcakes
- Hawks
- Moves cars
- Successfully persuades
- Vends
- Gets rid of
- Works as a vendor
- Markets
- Works in retail
- Deals in
More clues leading to the result ELEVATES
More clues leading to the result FOSTERS
- Promotes the development of
- *Engenders
- Australian brew
- Encourages
- Dulles and others.
- Supports
- Stephen and Phil
- Promotes
- Australian beer brand
- "Australian for Beer" brand
More clues leading to the result PUSHES
- Promotes
- Markets aggressively
- Tries to sell
- Gets unruly in a crowd, say
- Shoves
- Lobbies (for)
- Urges on
- Promotes heavily
- Tries hard to sell
- Advances by effort.
More clues leading to the result HELPS
- Pitches in
- Gives a hand
- Assists
- Shares in the labor
- Bails out
- Provides some assistance
- Lends a hand
- Gives assistance
- Answers an SOS
- Rescues
More clues leading to the result FURTHERS
More clues leading to the result STRESSES
- Places emphasis on
- Puts emphasis on
- Elocution subjects
- Plays up
- Accents
- Pressures
- Highlights
- Gives emphasis to
- Emphasizes
- Puts weight on
More clues leading to the result SPEEDS
- Makes tracks
- Exceeds the limit
- Risks a summons
- Shaver settings
- Passes a limit
- Risks a ticket
- Drives too fast
- Puts the pedal to the metal
- Breaks a certain limit
- Risks getting a ticket