The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word GHETTOES which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2014.
Run-down housing sections (var) crossword clue answers
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| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GHETTOES | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Run-down housing sections (var)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- slum
- runs
- rattrap
- blighted area
- gentrification
- dive
- ghetto
- slummy
- drive
- sectional
- carry
- law
Crossword Answer definitions
GHETTOES noun- An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)
- An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity or race.
- An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.
- (sometimes derogatory) An isolated, self-contained, segregated subsection, area or field of interest; often of minority or specialist interest.
- To confine (a specified group of people) to a ghetto.
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