The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LEE , but the solution may also be ARDOR which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in USA Today).
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Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEE | 4 % | 3 |
| FIVE | 4 % | 4 |
| SOLO | 4 % | 4 |
| CRISPCOOKIE | 2 % | 11 |
| MEET | 2 % | 4 |
| BEAME | 2 % | 5 |
| IVYLEAGUESCHOOL | 2 % | 15 |
| GOOUTOFBUSINESS | 2 % | 15 |
| MANTEL | 2 % | 6 |
| SHARPNOISE | 2 % | 10 |
| COTY | 2 % | 4 |
| CLEVELANDPLAYER | 2 % | 15 |
| CODES | 2 % | 5 |
| ARDOR | 2 % | 5 |
| OVER | 2 % | 4 |
| PUERTORICO | 2 % | 10 |
| LIKEWHITEONRICE | 2 % | 15 |
| LILLY | 2 % | 5 |
| ENDS | 2 % | 4 |
| ALCOHOL | 2 % | 7 |
| GODFATHEROFSOUL | 2 % | 15 |
| EMMYWINNERGLENN | 2 % | 15 |
| FRANK | 2 % | 5 |
| RULES | 2 % | 5 |
| ELIS | 2 % | 4 |
| ACTS | 2 % | 4 |
| SEVEN | 2 % | 5 |
| ELK | 2 % | 3 |
| GOBALLISTIC | 2 % | 11 |
| OPENINGOFMOBYDICK | 2 % | 17 |
| CINCINNATI | 2 % | 10 |
| ATANEND | 2 % | 7 |
| LACKINGFRESHAIR | 2 % | 15 |
| STALKER | 2 % | 7 |
| SIMPLETASK | 2 % | 10 |
| HEN | 2 % | 3 |
| FEDEXCOMPETITOR | 2 % | 15 |
| RUG | 2 % | 3 |
| ROOTER | 2 % | 6 |
| PAR | 2 % | 3 |
| MCCARTNEY | 2 % | 9 |
| HONEYMOONERS | 2 % | 12 |
| ONO | 2 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: See 71-Across
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- wait
- jacobsen
- rawsthorne
- bund
- congo
- crate
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- para
- aec
Crossword Answer definitions
LEE noun- A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
- The side of the ship away from the wind.
- A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.
- Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.
- Lees; dregs.
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 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 FIVE
- Fin, in slang
- Dap alternative
- Take ___ (rest)
- Break-taker's number
- Day shift end
- A handful?
- Punch-out time, often
- Quincunx dot count
- Quitting time
- Bill with a belted kingfisher
More clues leading to the result SOLO
- Karaoke performance, usually
- Recital performance
- Recital piece
- Unaccompanied
- "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." spy
- All alone
- By oneself
- Ford's "Star Wars" role
- Go up alone
- Napoleon ____ of "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."
More clues leading to the result CRISPCOOKIE
More clues leading to the result MEET
- Match
- Track event
- Word with track or swap
- Bump into
- Rendezvous
- Run into
- Track contest
- Track or swap follower
- Where hammers are thrown
- Wrestling match
More clues leading to the result BEAME
- Former New York City mayor
- New York City blackout of 1977 mayor
- Former New York mayor Abe
- Ex-New York City mayor Abe
- 1970s Big Apple mayor
- Abe of NYC
- New York mayor Abe
- Former Big Apple mayor Abe
- Ex-New York mayor Abe
- 1970s New York mayor Abe
More clues leading to the result IVYLEAGUESCHOOL
More clues leading to the result GOOUTOFBUSINESS
More clues leading to the result MANTEL
- Trophy shelf
- Place for a trophy
- See 71-Across
- Fireplace shelf
- Fireplace framer
- Decorative shelf
- Shelf above a fireplace
- Trophy site, perhaps
- Spot for many a curio
- Place for trophies
More clues leading to the result SHARPNOISE
More clues leading to the result COTY
- Cosmetics brand
- Perfume name
- '50s French president Rene
- Cosmetics company that has released brands by Faith Hill and Halle Berry
- DeGaulle colleague
- Paris-based perfumer
- 1959s president of France
- Cosmetics name
- President of France, 1954-59
- 1950s French president René
More clues leading to the result CLEVELANDPLAYER
More clues leading to the result CODES
- Area and zip, for example
- Morse and Napoleonic
- Bodies of laws
- Writings to crack
- Sets of laws
- They may be cracked
- Systems of rules
- Zip and area
- Regulatory systems
- Secret languages
More clues leading to the result ARDOR
- Intense devotion
- Intense feeling
- Strong devotion
- Zeal
- Passion
- Rapture
- Hotness
- Intense passion
- Intensity
- Fervid feeling
More clues leading to the result OVER
- "Your turn," to a CBer
- "__ and out"
- Above and beyond
- Finished
- Lead-in or follow-up for come and take
- Radio-message "period"
- Scrambled alternative
- __ the hill
- __-the-counter
- "Your turn," in communications
More clues leading to the result PUERTORICO
- Greater Antilles island
- Island near Hispaniola
- Ricky Martin's birthplace
- MAYaguez locale
- U. S. part of the Greater Antilles.
- Caribbean vacation spot.
- Neighbor of the Virgin Islands.
- Commonwealth of the U.S.A.
- A 1493 landfall
- See 71-Across
More clues leading to the result LIKEWHITEONRICE
More clues leading to the result LILLY
- Eli of pharmaceutical fame
- Football Hall-of-Famer Bob
- Prozac company
- Merck rival
- See 71-Across
- Big name in pharmaceuticals
- Evangeline __, who played Kate on "Lost"
- Pharmaceutical giant Eli
- Girl's name appropriate in this puzzle.
- Pharmaceutical giant
More clues leading to the result ENDS
- Comes to a conclusion
- Loose ____
- Means justification, to some
- Odds' partner
- Pulls the plug on
- Remnants
- Shakespeare title word
- Some are split
- These may be tight or split
- They can be tight or loose
More clues leading to the result ALCOHOL
- "The cause and solution to all of life's problems"
- Booze
- Spirits, perhaps
- Consumers may want to see the proof of it
- It separates wine from Welch's
- Cider "hardener"
- Still spirits
- See 40-Across
- Speakeasy attraction
- It may be sold in fifths
More clues leading to the result GODFATHEROFSOUL
More clues leading to the result EMMYWINNERGLENN
More clues leading to the result FRANK
- Nathan's purchase
- Straightforward
- Corn dog's core
- Outspoken
- Borman or Sinatra
- Architect ___ Lloyd Wright
- Direct
- Ballpark buy
- Mail for free
- Candid
More clues leading to the result RULES
- Presides over
- Regulations
- Is fantastic, in teen-speak
- What anarchies lack
- Bendable things
- Principles, as in a game
- Hoyle's concern
- Makes a call
- Principles, as in a contest
- List included with a board game
More clues leading to the result ELIS
- "Boola Boola" singers
- Bulldog backers
- Clinton and Bush, e.g.
- Ivy League team
- Yalies
- Bush and Clinton, once
- Ivy League group
- Yale boosters
- Yale Bowl squad
- *
More clues leading to the result ACTS
- Takes the stage
- "Hamlet" quintet
- Bible book
- Parts of Hamlet
- Play parts
- Hams it up
- Book that begins with Jesus going to heaven
- Play segments
- Gets off the fence
- The __ of the Apostles
More clues leading to the result SEVEN
- Common dice roll
- Early evening
- Lamar Odom on the Lakers
- Mickey Mantle, on the Yankees
- Team size in ultimate frisbee
- ___ minute workout
- Number under an ampersand
- Number of Rome's hills
- Lucky number?
- __ against Thebes
More clues leading to the result ELK
- Deer family member
- Lodge brother
- Lodge member
- Benevolent brother
- Big deer
- Hunter's prey
- Large, antlered mammal
- Wapiti
- A very lodge animal?
- Antlered animal
More clues leading to the result GOBALLISTIC
- Lose it, and title of this puzzle
- Fly off the handle
- See 71-Across
- Get angry
- Crack, in a way
- Get angry, as a missile designer?
- Freak out
- Hit the roof
- Lose it
- Angrily freak out
More clues leading to the result OPENINGOFMOBYDICK
More clues leading to the result CINCINNATI
- Home of the first pro baseball team
- City on the Ohio
- Home of Xavier University
- Traditional site for 21 Across
- Ohio city
- Where Reds play
- The Queen City
- "The Queen City"
- Xavier University locale
- Bengals' place
More clues leading to the result ATANEND
More clues leading to the result LACKINGFRESHAIR
More clues leading to the result STALKER
- Suspense-movie villain, often
- Hunter, at times
- Cat on the prowl
- See 71-Across
- "Law & Order: SVU" villain, at times
- Hunter
- Ocelot, often
- Hunter of game.
- Stealthy pursuer
- Lion, at times
More clues leading to the result SIMPLETASK
More clues leading to the result HEN
- Biddy
- Layer
- __ fruit
- Female pheasant
- Ex-egg, perhaps
- Producer of 44A
- Soup maker?
- Coop biddy
- Female octopus
- Female lobster
More clues leading to the result FEDEXCOMPETITOR
More clues leading to the result RUG
- Floor or head cover
- Head or floor covering
- Bearskin, e.g.
- It may be cut at a dance
- Dancer's cut it
- Floor decor
- "That ___ really tied the room together!": The Dude
- Maybe underfoot
- Combover alternative
- It really fills out a room
More clues leading to the result ROOTER
- Noisy fan
- "Rah!" shouter
- Team supporter
- Supporter
- Fan
- One in the cheering section
- Sports fan
- She cheers for the team
- Foam-finger waver
- Fan who's cheering
More clues leading to the result PAR
- Equality of status
- Golf score
- Golfer's goal
- Links score
- Norm
- What's expected
- 72 at Augusta
- Goal appropriate for this puzzle
- Hole goal
- Bogey beater
More clues leading to the result MCCARTNEY
More clues leading to the result HONEYMOONERS
- Art Carney television show, with "The"
- Union starters
- Newlyweds.
- Part 4. Their post-reception status
- See 71-Across
- Beloved Ralph and Alice?
- Post-reception status
- Suite couple
- Ralph and Alice
- Classic '50s sitcom (with "The")