The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word HEN , but the solution may also be SASH which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in New York Times).
See 97-Across crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HEN | 13 % | 3 |
| HEEP | 13 % | 4 |
| NEBO | 13 % | 4 |
| THE | 13 % | 3 |
| IRA | 13 % | 3 |
| SASH | 13 % | 4 |
| GARDE | 13 % | 5 |
| SALT | 13 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: See 97-Across
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- frail
- wait
- babeuf
- george
- gold
- para
- aec
- all
- among
- any
- arc
- average
Crossword Answer definitions
HEN noun- A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for its eggs.
- A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
- A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.
- A woman, particularly
- A hen night.
- An affectionate term of address used to women or girls.
- A henlike person of either sex.
- The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.
- To behave in an overprotective or extremely nurturing manner (towards).
- Hence.
- To throw.
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 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 HEEP
- Uriah __
- Dickens villain
- "Uriah ___"
- Foe of Copperfield
- See 97 Across
- Dickensian clerk
- Fictional Uriah
- Clerk of literature
- Perfidious "David Copperfield" clerk
- Dickensian hypocrite Uriah
More clues leading to the result NEBO
- Babylonian god of agriculture
- Biblical mount
- Mount from which Moses saw the Promised Land
- Biblical mountain
- Dead Sea mountain
- Biblical peak
- Mount atop which Moses saw the Promised Land
- Mount where Moses saw the Promised Land
- "By ___'s lonely mountain."—Burial of Moses.
- Summit of Mount Pisgah.
More clues leading to the result THE
- Common title starter
- End preceder
- Overused article
- Everyday article
- Not just any
- Word ignored in alphabetization
- Common article
- Small article
- ___ works (everything)
- More of a quote by 36A
More clues leading to the result IRA
- "Deathtrap" author Levin
- "Rosemary's Baby" author Levin
- A Gershwin
- Author Levin
- Gershwin or Levin
- Lyricist Gershwin
- Playwright Levin
- Retirement-fund letters
- Sinn Fein's gr.
- Tax-deferred acct.
More clues leading to the result SASH
- Cummerbund
- Waistband
- Ribbon for Miss America
- Silk belt
- Window frame
- Window part
- Obi or alb, e.g.
- Waist dressing
- Waist wrapper
- Pane frame
More clues leading to the result GARDE
- Avant ___
- "En ___!"
- Avant follower
- Avant-___
- "En ___!" (fencing command)
- "En ___!": fencer's alert
- See 97 Across
- Avant- ___
- Last word before a duel?
- Avant-__