The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PATERNAL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2014.
Protective, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PATERNAL | 50 % | 8 |
| MATERNAL | 50 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Protective, in a way
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- protectingly
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- airbag
- bank
- blind
- blinds
- cap
- care
- caring
- case
- clad
Crossword Answer definitions
PATERNAL adjective- Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family
- Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
- Received or inherited from one's father.
- Acting as a father
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result PATERNAL
- Advice such as Polonius' "To thine own self be true"
- On dad's side
- Solicitous, in a way
- Fatherly.
- Like a father.
- Kindly.
- Kind of ancestor
- Fatherly
- Agnate
- Kind of grandparent