The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SALTS , but the solution may also be BELT which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
See 87-Down crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SALTS | 25 % | 5 |
| BELT | 25 % | 4 |
| AMIN | 25 % | 4 |
| EIRE | 25 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: See 87-Down
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Crossword Answer definitions
SALTS noun- A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
- One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
- A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
- A sailor (also old salt).
- Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.
- A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
- Flavour; taste; seasoning.
- Piquancy; wit; sense.
- A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
- Skepticism and common sense.
- Indignation; outrage; arguing.
- To add salt to.
- To deposit salt as a saline solution.
- To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
- To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
- To include colorful language in.
- To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
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 SALTS
- Adds zest to
- Does a post-icestorm chore
- Preserves, in a way
- Seasons
- Smelling ___
- Adds seasoning
- Epsom and table
- Popeye's buddies
- Flavors, in a way
- Pirate types
More clues leading to the result BELT
- Bible follower
- Sun or Bible
- Suspenders alternative
- Waist sash
- Sash
- Snort
- Orion has one
- Sander part
- Hit hard
- Dojo award
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