The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BASES , but the solution may also be SCOTT which is one of the most recent solution (2017 in New York Times).
See 78-Across crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BASES | 9 % | 5 |
| HAPPENINGTOSOMEBODYELSE | 9 % | 23 |
| ELY | 9 % | 3 |
| ABE | 9 % | 3 |
| SCOTT | 9 % | 5 |
| ASITIS | 9 % | 6 |
| LEE | 9 % | 3 |
| SINATRASTANDARD | 9 % | 15 |
| NUT | 9 % | 3 |
| UTAH | 9 % | 4 |
| BUCO | 9 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: See 78-Across
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Crossword Answer definitions
BASES noun- Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
- A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
- The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
- A basic but essential component or ingredient.
- A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
- Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
- Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.
- Important areas in games and sports.
- The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
- A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
- The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
- The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.
- The lower part of the field. See escutcheon.
- A number raised to the power of an exponent.
- The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
- A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
- A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
- A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
- The smallest kind of cannon.
- The housing of a horse.
- (in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
- The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
- An apron.
- A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
- A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
- The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
- A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
- Short for base leg.
- To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
- To be located (at a particular place).
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
- A low spectrum of sound tones.
- A section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.
- One who sings in the bass range.
- An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.
- The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.
- A root.
- A primitive word, from which other words may be derived.
- The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.
- A physical base or foundation.
- A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
- An underlying condition or circumstance.
- A regular frequency.
- In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
- Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
- A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element.
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 BASES
- Some are being closed
- Diamond corners
- First, second, and third
- Private parts?
- Stepped-on sacks
- Military locations
- Diamond quartet
- Infield bags
- They may be stolen at Shea
- Underpinnings
More clues leading to the result HAPPENINGTOSOMEBODYELSE
More clues leading to the result ELY
- A Tarzan portrayer
- Bridge expert Culbertson
- England's Isle of ___
- Tarzan portrayer
- Ron who played Tarzan
- TV Tarzan Ron ___
- TV's Tarzan
- Tarzan portrayer Ron
- TV Tarzan
- TV Tarzan Ron
More clues leading to the result ABE
- "Honest" moniker
- Burrows or Vigoda
- Former Justice Fortas
- Harlem Globetrotters organizer Saperstein
- Model of honesty
- Onetime White House name
- Vigoda of "Fish"
- 1860's White House name
- Deadpan Vigoda
- Honest man
More clues leading to the result SCOTT
- Coretta __ King
- Anthem composer's middle name
- Astronaut Carpenter
- Dred or Willard
- Figure skating champion, Hamilton
- Quentin Durward author
- "Ivanhoe" author
- Polar explorer
- 1852 loser to Pierce
- Patton portrayer who declined the Oscar
More clues leading to the result ASITIS
- "The way things stand . . ."
- "How things stand ..."
- "The way things stand ..."
- In the present state
- If nothing changes
- The way things stand
- The way things now are
- Under present conditions
- Under the circumstances
- The way things stand now
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 SINATRASTANDARD
More clues leading to the result NUT
- Bread or butter ender
- Cashew
- Off-the-wall guy
- Screwball
- Brazil or pecan
- Chest or dough finisher
- Hazel, for one
- Flake
- Litchi or flake
- Macadamia, for one
More clues leading to the result UTAH
- Zion National Park home
- 2002 Olympic locale
- Arches National Park locale
- Beehive State
- Bonneville Flats site
- Bountiful's state?
- Brigham Young's state
- Four Corners state
- Jazz home
- State of the Winter Olympics