The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word KNIFE , but the solution may also be REFS which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in New York Times).
See 58-Across crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| KNIFE | 3 % | 5 |
| STUDY | 2 % | 5 |
| GUFFAW | 2 % | 6 |
| ONION | 2 % | 5 |
| TRADE | 2 % | 5 |
| ALAI | 2 % | 4 |
| ATEIT | 2 % | 5 |
| AMIN | 2 % | 4 |
| LEE | 2 % | 3 |
| CHORTLE | 2 % | 7 |
| STANLAUREL | 2 % | 10 |
| NINE | 2 % | 4 |
| TONIGHTSHOW | 2 % | 11 |
| DEE | 2 % | 3 |
| NIGHTSDREAM | 2 % | 11 |
| RASH | 2 % | 4 |
| LUIS | 2 % | 4 |
| ODETS | 2 % | 5 |
| RUN | 2 % | 3 |
| SMOKE | 2 % | 5 |
| HOOPS | 2 % | 5 |
| RED | 2 % | 3 |
| GIGGLE | 2 % | 6 |
| KIST | 2 % | 4 |
| CENTER | 2 % | 6 |
| TIRE | 2 % | 4 |
| REFS | 2 % | 4 |
| FBI | 2 % | 3 |
| ROLL | 2 % | 4 |
| BURSTOUTLAUGHING | 2 % | 16 |
| THROUGHTHEGRAPEVINE | 2 % | 19 |
| CUTIE | 2 % | 5 |
| ROSE | 2 % | 4 |
| TAUTOLOGY | 2 % | 9 |
| IDIOT | 2 % | 5 |
| PAN | 2 % | 3 |
| MICHAEL | 2 % | 7 |
| TITTER | 2 % | 6 |
| TRUMAN | 2 % | 6 |
| BARTHOLDI | 2 % | 9 |
| EINSTEIN | 2 % | 8 |
| RECALLIT | 2 % | 8 |
| RACE | 2 % | 4 |
| BYATHREAD | 2 % | 9 |
| CRACKUP | 2 % | 7 |
| ONESTHROAT | 2 % | 10 |
| CURRIER | 2 % | 7 |
| LUMET | 2 % | 5 |
| STONES | 2 % | 6 |
| CAMERA | 2 % | 6 |
| QUARTET | 2 % | 7 |
| PARTS | 2 % | 5 |
| TAA | 2 % | 3 |
| ALDA | 2 % | 4 |
| DOVEY | 2 % | 5 |
| TORME | 2 % | 5 |
| SECRETSURFACE | 2 % | 13 |
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Crossword Answer definitions
KNIFE noun- A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.
- A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger.
- Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.
- To cut with a knife.
- To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.
- To cut through as if with a knife.
- To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
- To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate. compare cut
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 KNIFE
- Take a stab at
- Leatherman tool
- Mack of song
- Stiletto
- "Clue" weapon
- Prop for Crocodile Dundee
- It may be drawn to scale?
- Bowie's weapon
- Cutler's product
- Part of a place setting
More clues leading to the result STUDY
- Bone up on dinosaurs, say
- Clue setting
- Hit the books
- Pull an all-nighter
- Reading room
- Home room
- Prepare for finals
- Try to learn
- Prepare for a test
- Clue room
More clues leading to the result GUFFAW
- Belly laugh
- Horselaugh
- Laugh loud and long
- Hearty chuckle
- See 58-Across
- Boisterous laugh
- Hearty laugh
- Loud laugh
- Bust a gut
- Sound of merriment
More clues leading to the result ONION
- Breath killer
- Quiche ingredient
- Bermuda, for one
- Pungent bulb
- Tear creator
- Vidalia treat
- Burger topper
- Culinary tearjerker
- Salad pepper-upper
- Tear jerker
More clues leading to the result TRADE
- Exchange
- Get this for that
- Swap
- Benchwarmer's demand, perhaps
- The business of business
- Line of work
- Cashless deal
- It's a living
- NFL Draft news
- Occupation
More clues leading to the result ALAI
- Crossworders' game, second half
- End of a ball game?
- Jai __
- Jai ___
- Jai follower
- Crossword game finisher
- Game part
- Half a game
- Jai ____
- Kirghiz range
More clues leading to the result ATEIT
- Absorbed the cost
- Suffered defeat, slangily
- Took the bait?
- Took the loss, in slang
- Went belly-up
- Wiped out at the skate park
- Took the loss
- Failed spectacularly
- Took the loss, slangily
- Absorbed the cost, slangily
More clues leading to the result AMIN
- '70s African dictator
- Former African dictator
- Ousted Ugandan
- Former Ugandan politico
- Obote's successor
- Big name in despotism
- Obote's deposer
- See 103 Down
- African tyrant
- Idi of Uganda
More clues leading to the result LEE
- Jeans name
- "Do the Right Thing" director
- "I'm Sorry" singer
- "Malcolm X" director
- Majors in acting
- Remick or Grant
- "To Kill a Mockingbird" author
- Director Spike
- Loos woman
- Majors in acting?
More clues leading to the result CHORTLE
- "Jabberwocky" portmanteau that entered popular usage
- Laugh
- Jabberwockian laugh
- Laugh in exultation
- Satisfied laugh
- Laugh gleefully, as upon slaying the Jabberwock
- Word for a laugh coined by Lewis Carroll in "Jabberwocky"
- Laugh coined by Lewis Carroll in "Jabberwocky"
- Laugh gleefully
- See 58-Across
More clues leading to the result STANLAUREL
- Half a legendary comedy duo
- "Saps at Sea" costar
- 1961 recipient of an Honorary Award Oscar
- "Block-Heads" co-star, 1938
- Oliver Hardy's partner
- See 58 Across
- "Babes in Toyland" costar
- "Sons of the Desert" star
- Movie comedian.
- Skinny comic
More clues leading to the result NINE
- Cloud ____ (elated state)
- Not exactly a ten
- Number of Muses
- Number on a diamond
- Sayers' "The __ Tailors"
- Sayers' "The __ Tailors"·
- Sayers' "The ____ Tailors"
- Three square
- 1/2 a round
- Baseball number
More clues leading to the result TONIGHTSHOW
- With "The," post-prime time fare since the '50s, four of whose regular hosts appear in sequence in the answers to starred clues
- Bailiwick of 60 Across
- See 58-Across
More clues leading to the result DEE
- 60 or so average
- Actress Wallace-Stone
- Chef Boy-ar-__
- Gidget portrayer Sandra
- Pee __ River
- Report-card ruiner
- Ruby or Sandra
- "Look at Me, I'm Sandra ___"
- Actress Ruby
- Actress Sandra
More clues leading to the result NIGHTSDREAM
More clues leading to the result RASH
- Calamine lotion target
- Itchy outbreak
- Skin eruption
- Acting too hastily
- Allergic reaction
- Devil-may-care
- Hives, e.g.
- Impulsive
- Poison-ivy consequence
- Unthinking
More clues leading to the result LUIS
- San ____ Obispo, CA
- San ____ Obispo, California
- San __ Obispo, California
- Actor Guzmán
- Filmmaker Buñuel
- Physics Nobelist Alvarez
- Puerto Rico's governor Fortuño
- Soccer player Suárez known to bite opponents
- Soccer star Suarez
- Spanish filmmaker Buñuel
More clues leading to the result ODETS
- "Awake and Sing" dramatist
- "Golden Boy" writer
- "Golden Boy" writer Clifford
- "Waiting For Lefty" playwright
- "Golden Boy" playwright
- "Golden Boy" dramatist
- "The Country Girl" playwright
- Playwright Clifford
- Group Theatre playwright
- Dramatist Clifford
More clues leading to the result RUN
- Duration
- Compete in a race
- Flow
- Turn tail
- Beat a retreat
- Get cracking
- Series, in cards
- Go office-hunting?
- "___ and Tell That" ("Hairspray" song)
- Do like Santorum
More clues leading to the result SMOKE
- Preserve meat
- Tennessee Williams' "Summer and ___"
- Combustion evidence
- What it went up in
- Parliament output
- Pre-telegraphic signal
- Fire sign?
- Fire giveaway
- Fireworks-show byproduct
- Cloud contents, perhaps
More clues leading to the result HOOPS
- Certain earrings
- Hula ___
- Hula in them
- Basketball
- B-ball
- Basketball, slangily
- Roundball
- Basketball needs
- Wickets
- This puzzle's theme, familiarly
More clues leading to the result RED
- "The Hunt for ___ October"
- Embarrassed-looking
- Embarrassing color
- Part of Roy G. Biv
- Rubicund
- Shade of embarrassment
- Blushing
- Capitalist's dreaded ink color
- Checkers choice
- Color of embarrassment
More clues leading to the result GIGGLE
- Titter
- Mini har-har?
- Embarrassed reaction, maybe
- See 58-Across
- Little laugh
- Mini ha-ha
- Silly laugh
- Girlish laughter.
- Response to a double entendre
- Girlish laugh
More clues leading to the result KIST
- Star__ tuna
- Star-___ tuna
- Star___ (tuna brand)
- Commercial ending with Star or Sun
- Star__
- Commercial suffix with Star
- Touched gently, to a poet
- See 58 Across
- Star-__ tuna
- Star-__ (Bumble Bee rival)
More clues leading to the result CENTER
- You'll find it at the midpoint
- Shaq, for one
- Hoops position
- Offensive linesman
- Toyota ___
- Abdul-Jabbar, e.g.
- Jump-ball participant
- Court giant
- Unseen part of a bonbon
- Position Bill Russell played for the Celtics
More clues leading to the result TIRE
- Get bored
- It's a spare for a flat
- Poop out
- Run out of gas
- Trunk item
- Be fed up with
- Wear down
- Wear out
- Fatigue
- Akron export
More clues leading to the result REFS
- WWF officials
- Court adjudicators
- Ring officials
- Court whistlers
- Gridiron judges
- WBC workers
- Traveling whistlers?
- Whistle blowers
- Traveling callers
- Court figures
More clues leading to the result FBI
- Sting gr.
- "C-16" org.
- Govt. org.
- Snoop gr.
- Department of Justice div.
- Org. that got Dillinger
- Org. that sets up and then takes credit for foiling terrorist plots
- Sandra Bullock's character's org. in "Miss Congeniality"
- Org. behind the COINTELPRO operations
- "Ten Most Wanted" org.
More clues leading to the result ROLL
- Charmin' unit
- Drummer's device
- Official list
- Parker House __
- Thunder sound
- Toss the dice
- Brioche, e.g.
- Go around in circles
- Ham holder
- "___ on Texas Moon" (1947 Rogers movie)
More clues leading to the result BURSTOUTLAUGHING
More clues leading to the result THROUGHTHEGRAPEVINE
More clues leading to the result CUTIE
More clues leading to the result ROSE
- American Beauty
- "My Wild Irish ___"
- Floral gift
- Appreciated in value
- Color of some glasses?
- Proliferated
- Thorny bush
- Abie's girl
- Golden Girl
- One of the Golden Girls
More clues leading to the result TAUTOLOGY
- Needless repetition
- "General consensus of opinion," for example.
- "A rose is a rose is a rose."
- See 17-Across
- See 58-Across
- "Love is love," e.g.
- "Short summary" or "free gift," e.g.
More clues leading to the result IDIOT
- Dostoyevsky's "The __"
- Dunderhead
- __ savant
- __-proof (easy to operate)
- Bonehead
- Lamebrain
- Mooncalf
- Nincompoop
- Doofus
- Shit-for-brains
More clues leading to the result PAN
- Give one star to
- God often pictured with pipes
- Forty-niners tool
- Move while filming
- Play critic
- Scathing review
- Rotate the camera
- Omelet-maker's need, unless you boil your omelets or cook them in the toaster I suppose
- Critically disdain
- Muffin tin, e.g.
More clues leading to the result MICHAEL
- Comedian Showalter
- Angelic Travolta flick
- Singer Jackson
- Filmmaker Moore
- See 58 Across
- Most popular boy's name in 44 of the last 100 years
- Designer Kors
- With 39-Across, 43-/21-Across nominee of 2007
- King of Rumania.
- Recently married king.
More clues leading to the result TITTER
- Giggle
- Nervous giggle
- Guffaw, junior?
- Laugh nervously
- Self-conscious giggle
- Nervous laugh
- Self-conscious laugh
- See 58-Across
- Little laughter
- Suppressed guffaw
More clues leading to the result TRUMAN
- His middle name was "S"
- "The buck stops here" coiner
- Fair Deal proponent
- Potsdam Conference attendee
- Fair Deal president
- Writer Capote
- "The buck stops here" president
- 33rd U.S. president
- A sign on his desk read "The buck stops here"
- Roosevelt's successor
More clues leading to the result BARTHOLDI
More clues leading to the result EINSTEIN
- Brainiac
- Physicist who published four groundbreaking articles in 1905
- Element 99 was named for him
- Author of the "Annus Mirabilis" papers
- German genius
- Genius
- Relativity researcher
- Mensa member?
- Name synonymous with genius
- "___ on the Beach" (Philip Glass's first opera)
More clues leading to the result RECALLIT
More clues leading to the result RACE
- 440 or marathon
- Daytona event
- Indy, for one
- Marathon
- Meet event
- It may be three-legged
- Mile or 10K
- Compete
- Compete with Unser
- Indy 500
More clues leading to the result BYATHREAD
More clues leading to the result CRACKUP
More clues leading to the result ONESTHROAT
More clues leading to the result CURRIER
More clues leading to the result LUMET
- "Twelve Angry Men" director
- "Network" director
- "Network" director Sidney
- Director of The Pawnbroker
- Network director
- Serpico director
- Sidney who's made pictures
- "Serpico" director Sidney
- "12 Angry Men" director Sidney
- "Dog Day Afternoon" director Sidney
More clues leading to the result STONES
- Ezra and Sharon
- Rock group
- Rolling musicians?
- Some are precious
- Paving pieces
- Mick's band
- Tortures, in medieval times
- "Ruby Tuesday" band, with "The"
- Pebbles
- Skippers on the water
More clues leading to the result CAMERA
- The new ones are digital
- It'll get the picture
- Tourist's neckwear
- Mathew Brady's equipment
- See 60-Across
- Shutterbug's purchase
- CBC studio device
- CTV studio device
- Photographer's gear
- Tourist's tote
More clues leading to the result QUARTET
- Foursome
- Many a pop group
- See 58-Across
- The Beatles, e.g.
- Alabama, e.g.
- Piano and strings.
- Musical group.
- "Rigoletto" feature
- They sing Adeline's praises
- Budapest, for one
More clues leading to the result PARTS
- Leaves the scene
- Automotive center stock
- Repair bill cost
- See 16 Down
- Components
- Roles
- What some readers are after
- Repairer's stock
- Goals for actors
- Hair lines
More clues leading to the result TAA
- Chinese pagoda
- Chinese pagoda.
- Pagoda.
- Chinese pagoda,
- Oriental pagoda.
- See 58 Across.
- Japanese pagoda.
- Chinese temple.
- Oriental temple.
- Oriental pagoda
More clues leading to the result ALDA
- "Rhapsody in Blue" actor
- Burghoff's co-star
- Pierce player
- TV's Hawkeye
- Acting father or son
- Pierce in MASH
- Robert or Alan
- Alphonso D'Abruzzo
- "Same Time, Next Year" star
- Alan of "The West Wing"
More clues leading to the result DOVEY
More clues leading to the result TORME
- Singer Mel
- See 44 Down
- "The Velvet Fog"
- Mel the crooner
- Leader of the Mel-Tones
- "The Christmas Song" cowriter Mel
- "It Wasn't All Velvet" autobiographer Mel
- Mel known as "The Velvet Fog"
- Jazz singer Mel
- "I've Got You Under My Skin" singer Mel