Answer to "Ruddy duck" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SLEEPER , but the solution may also be SPRIG which is one of the most recent solution (1984 in New York Times).

Ruddy duck crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SLEEPER	50 %	7
SPRIG	50 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ruddy duck

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• oxyura jamaicensis
• ruddy shelduck
• stiff-tailed duck
• spinetail
• quilltail
• tufted duck
• dunbird
• mottled duck
• stifftail
• freckled duck
• american black duck
• sleepyhead

Crossword Answer definitions

SLEEPER noun

1. Someone who sleeps.
2. That which lies dormant, as a law.
3. A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
4. A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
5. A railway sleeping car.
6. A sleeper hold.
7. Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
8. A goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae.
9. A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).
10. A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
11. An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.
12. A sedative.

SLEEPER verb

1. To mark a calf by cutting its ear.

SLEEPER noun

1. A railroad tie.
2. A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
3. A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
4. The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.

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 SLEEPER

• 1973 Woody Allen film
• Longshot winner
• Allen farce
• Certain train car
• Surprise success
• Unexpected film success
• 1973 Woody Allen comedy
• Dark horse
• Surprise hit
• '73 Woody Allen film

More clues leading to the result SPRIG

• Small bunch
• Unit of mistletoe
• Parsley unit
• Shoot
• Twig
• Little shoot
• Unit of thyme
• Small branch
• Small shoot
• Bit of greenery