The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LEGS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2012.
Runners crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEGS | 20 % | 4 |
| LOPERS | 10 % | 6 |
| CANDIDATES | 10 % | 10 |
| MILERS | 10 % | 6 |
| SKIS | 5 % | 4 |
| SPRINTERS | 5 % | 9 |
| FEET | 5 % | 4 |
| MANAGEMENT | 5 % | 10 |
| RUGS | 5 % | 4 |
| TOUTERS | 5 % | 7 |
| CARPETS | 5 % | 7 |
| SKIDS | 5 % | 5 |
| BOARDOFTRUSTEES | 5 % | 15 |
| STOLONS | 5 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Runners
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- base runner
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- stolon
- blue runner
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- ladders
- stairs
- rail
- blockade
- cheaters
Crossword Answer definitions
LEGS noun- A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion.
- In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
- The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
- A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
- A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.
- Something that supports.
- A stage of a journey, race etc.
- A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
- One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
- A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
- One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
- One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
- (usually used in plural) The ability of something to persist or succeed over a long period of time.
- A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
- An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.
- In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
- Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
- A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
- A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
- An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
- An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
- A gesture of submission; a bow or curtsey. Chiefly in phrase make a leg.
- To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
- To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.
- To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
- To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').
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 LEGS
- Diamond of gangsterdom
- Appendages
- Trip components
- "On ones last ____"
- KFC pieces
- Journey segments
- Mobster Diamond
- Pair of jeans?
- Staying power, so to speak
- Trip segments
More clues leading to the result LOPERS
- Graceful runners
- Horses, at times
- Outrunners of joggers
- Horses running leisurely
- Gazelles, at times
- Horses.
- Easy runners.
- Easy-gaited horses.
- Joggers.
- Runners.
More clues leading to the result CANDIDATES
- Degree seekers
- Ones under consideration
- Relatives of dark horses.
- Men on the hustings.
- Certain runners
- Campaigners
- Election Day hopefuls
- Hopefuls at the polls
- Runners
- Ticket information
More clues leading to the result MILERS
- Some track stars
- Oval figures
- Certain runners
- Jim Ryun and Marty Liquori
- Coe and Bannister, notably
- Distance runners
- Some runners
- Bannister et al.
- They have some distance to go
- Long-distance runners
More clues leading to the result SKIS
- Biathlon need
- Enjoys Aspen
- Cross-country runners
- Makes tracks, in a way
- Equipment transported by rack
- Gear on which to do an Iron Cross trick
- Rossignol equipment
- Equipment for Erika Hess
- Killy's footwear
- Telluride gear
More clues leading to the result SPRINTERS
More clues leading to the result FEET
- Having winged __ (fast)
- Sock bottoms
- Sock inserts
- Sock inserts?
- Pool measurement
- Dogs
- Kung fu weapons
- Low pair?
- They have prominent arches
- Pedal pushers?
More clues leading to the result MANAGEMENT
More clues leading to the result RUGS
- Oriental favorites
- Throw, area and prayer
- They may really tie the room together
- People walk all over them
- Shags, e.g.
- Toupees
- What hoofers cut
- Bald-spot hiders
- Board blanketers
- Toupees, slangily
More clues leading to the result TOUTERS
- They give a lot of tips
- Plug sources
- Race track characters.
- Runners.
- Race track hangers-on.
- They give tips at tracks
- Tip givers at the Big A
- Race-track figures
- Promoters
- Product pitchers
More clues leading to the result CARPETS
- They may be plush
- Floor covers
- Some floor coverings
- Floor coverings
- Completely covers
- Saruk and Kashan.
- Wall-to-wall items.
- Persians, for example.
- Sometime magic items.
- Flying objects of yore
More clues leading to the result SKIDS
- Goes all over the icy road
- Hits a patch of black ice
- Loses control in the winter
- Loses traction
- Loses traction on the road
- Road to ruin, with "the"
- Has trouble on the ice
- Loses control, in a way
- Slides instead of rolling
- On the ___ (in decline)
More clues leading to the result BOARDOFTRUSTEES
- Foundation's supervisory group
- University governing body
- Corporate oversight group
- Runners
- Surface that regents play on?