The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ELONGATE which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2014.
Protract crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ELONGATE | 56 % | 8 |
| DRAGOUT | 22 % | 7 |
| EXTEND | 11 % | 6 |
| DRAWOUT | 11 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Protract
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- draw out
- prolong
- extend
- lengthen
- protraction
- prolonging
- incommode
- prolongation
- prolonge
- prolongs
- discommode
- engross
Crossword Answer definitions
ELONGATE verb- To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated.
- To become long or longer by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.
- To move to or place at a distance (from something).
- To depart to, or be at, a distance (from something); especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
- Lengthened, extended, elongated; relatively long and slender.
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 ELONGATE
- Lengthen
- Scandal at a North Carolina college?
- Stretch
- Draw out
- Extend
- Stretch out
- String out
- Protract
- Stretch out.
- Protract.
More clues leading to the result DRAGOUT
- Make a short story long
- Knock-down partner?
- Make wearyingly longer
- Protract
- Prolong painfully
- Knock-down partner
- Prolong.
- Prolong
More clues leading to the result EXTEND
- Draw out
- Ask for more Time
- Stretch out
- Prolong
- Postpone, as a deadline
- Stretch outward
- Hold out
- Lengthen
- Broaden
- Drag out