The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ABET , but the solution may also be AIDE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Second crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABET | 35 % | 4 |
| AIDE | 23 % | 4 |
| ECHO | 7 % | 4 |
| LATTER | 7 % | 6 |
| MOMENT | 5 % | 6 |
| INSTANT | 5 % | 7 |
| EYEWINK | 2 % | 7 |
| NEXTBEST | 2 % | 8 |
| ASSIST | 2 % | 6 |
| VICE | 2 % | 4 |
| ASSISTANT | 2 % | 9 |
| ANOTHER | 2 % | 7 |
| AFTER | 2 % | 5 |
| JIFFY | 2 % | 5 |
| RUNNERUP | 2 % | 8 |
| BACK | 2 % | 4 |
| ABETS | 2 % | 5 |
Why may AIDE be the right solution?
The answer "AIDE" fits the clue "Second" because an aide is someone who assists or supports another person, often in a subordinate role. In this context, "second" can be interpreted as referring to someone who supports or assists another individual.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Second
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- 2nd
- minute
- bit
- back
- intermediate
- instant
- moment
- irregular
- endorsement
- endorse
- ordinal
- 2d
Crossword Answer definitions
ABET noun- Fraud or cunning.
- An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid.
- To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
- To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
- To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain.
- To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.
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 ABET
- "That's __!" (You're on!)
- Aid nefariously
- Drive the getaway car
- Encourage
- Help a hooligan
- Help in a heist
- Help out
- Help with a heist
- Aid
- Harbor (as a fugitive)
More clues leading to the result AIDE
- Adjutant
- Assistant
- Gal Friday
- Helper
- Military assistant
- Orderly
- Right-hand person
- Subaltern
- Washington worker
- White House staffer
More clues leading to the result ECHO
- Alpine feedback
- Canyon comeback
- Canyon reply
- Recording-studio effect
- Resound
- Sound return
- Bat's navigational aid
- It's off the wall, perhaps
- Lover of Narcissus
- Narcissus' admirer
More clues leading to the result LATTER
- Second of two
- More recent
- __-day (current)
- The second of two
- ___-day Saints
- Former's opposite
- Near the end
- LDS part
- Second of a pair
- Tall order?
More clues leading to the result MOMENT
- Eyeblink
- Short time
- Second
- Instant in time
- Jiffy
- Importance
- Instant
- Instant of truth?
- Brief interval
- Senior __
More clues leading to the result INSTANT
- Split-second
- Quick coffee
- Like some coffee
- Flash
- Coffee choice
- Brief time
- Without a wait
- Immediate
- Moment
- Jiffy
More clues leading to the result EYEWINK
More clues leading to the result NEXTBEST
More clues leading to the result ASSIST
- Back-up play
- Stat for Rajon Rondo
- Basketball stat that I got one of when I played briefly for the Utah Jazz in the early 2000s
- Basketball stat
- Helpful act
- Court statistic
- Court coup
- Help a shooter
- Leg up
- Hockey stat
More clues leading to the result VICE
- Kind of squad
- Moral defect
- Notably snarky magazine/media empire
- Failing
- Squad leader?
- Guilty pleasure
- Police-force division
- One kind of squad
- Smoking or sweets, e.g.
- Moral failing
More clues leading to the result ASSISTANT
- Right hand
- Second
- Aide
- Helper
- Helpmate.
- Right-hand man.
- Adjutant.
- Staff member.
- Malamud novel (with "The")
- Watson, to Bell
More clues leading to the result ANOTHER
- Distinctly different from the first
- Bartender's question
- One like the first
- __ Country
- "Hit me"
- Second helping
- Someone else
- One more
- "But that's ___ story"
- "___ Saturday Night" (1963 Sam Cooke hit)
More clues leading to the result AFTER
- Behind in place
- Clapton's "__ Midnight"
- Following
- ___ a fashion
- ___ the fact
- Later on
- M. Night Shyamalan sci-fi film starring members of the same immediate family (May 31)
- Pursuing
- Diet ad photo caption
- Photo for comparison
More clues leading to the result JIFFY
- Quick sec
- Short span, slangily
- Blink of an eye
- Instant
- Twinkling
- In a __ (quickly)
- Instant: Colloq.
- Two shakes.
- Sec
- Flash
More clues leading to the result RUNNERUP
- Second-place finisher
- Pacer that places
- Good loser?
- Silver obtainer
- Silver-medal recipient
- Second
- Milwaukee or Cleveland, 1956.
- Contestant in second place.
- Silver medalist
- Second best
More clues leading to the result BACK
- Rear
- Football position
- Gridiron runner
- Gridiron yard-gainer
- Here again
- Support
- Endorse
- Bet on
- Provide support for
- "Come ___, Little Sheba"