The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BLUNT which also is the latest solution we found used in Chronicle of Higher Education in 2014.
Pulling no punches crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLUNT | 33 % | 5 |
| BRUTAL | 33 % | 6 |
| CANDID | 33 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pulling no punches
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- blunt
- brutal
- candid
- tractor
- lead
- spar
- take
- die
- ring
- alee
- down
- hit
Crossword Answer definitions
BLUNT noun- A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
- A short needle with a strong point.
- (smoking) A marijuana cigar.
- Money
- A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
- Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
- Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
- Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
- Hard to impress or penetrate.
- Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
- To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
- To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
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 BLUNT
- Take the edge off
- Plainspoken
- From the hip
- Painfully frank
- Pulling no punches
- Without an edge
- Not mincing words
- To the point
- Direct
- Inconsiderate
More clues leading to the result BRUTAL
- Beastly
- More than just harsh
- Taxing
- Harsh-plus
- Merciless
- Painful, as honesty
- Awfully cruel
- Savage
- Savage.
- Cruel.