The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LONG , but the solution may also be LENGTHY which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Protracted crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LONG | 78 % | 4 |
| LENGTHY | 8 % | 7 |
| LATE | 6 % | 4 |
| OVERLONG | 2 % | 8 |
| DREWOUT | 2 % | 7 |
| EXTENDED | 2 % | 8 |
| DRAWNOUT | 2 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Protracted
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- prolonged
- lengthy
- extended
- long
- drawn-out
- interminable
- tedious
- ongoing
- laborious
- extensive
- chronic
- painstaking
Crossword Answer definitions
LONG noun- A long vowel.
- A long syllable.
- A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
- A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
- An entity with a long position in an asset.
- A long-term investment.
- The long summer vacation at the English universities.
- To take a long position in.
- Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below).
- Having great duration.
- Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
- Not short; tall.
- Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.
- Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
- (of a ball or a shot) Landing beyond the baseline, and therefore deemed to be out.
- Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
- Over a great distance in space.
- For a particular duration.
- For a long duration.
- To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
- To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
- On account of, because of.
- Longitude
- To belong.
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 LONG
- Hanker for
- Louisiana's "Kingfish"
- North Atlantic island
- Protracted
- 1956 Little Richard hit "____ Tall Sally"
- Aspire
- Have a desire
- Yearn
- Needing editing, perhaps
- Yearn (for)
More clues leading to the result LENGTHY
- Protracted
- Like Clinton State of the Union addresses
- Drawn-out
- Drawn out, as a filibuster
- Like some novels
- Extensive
- Needing editing, maybe
- Far from brief
- Extended
More clues leading to the result LATE
- Like the White Rabbit of Wonderland
- After the bell
- After-hours show
- Behind time
- Into the wee hours
- Not on cue
- Overdue
- Past due
- Tardy
- Delayed
More clues leading to the result OVERLONG
- Wearing, perhaps
- What the new skirts are.
- Protracted.
- Too lengthy
- Like some speeches
- Going on and on ... and on
- In need of some editing