The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SACRIFICE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2019.
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Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SACRIFICE | 5 % | 9 |
| ONTOPOFTHEWORLD | 5 % | 15 |
| OR | 5 % | 2 |
| THISSIDEUP | 5 % | 10 |
| CRIMEGROUP | 5 % | 10 |
| ME | 5 % | 2 |
| THRILLEDTOBITS | 5 % | 14 |
| UT | 5 % | 2 |
| YOUAREHERE | 5 % | 10 |
| INSEVENTHHEAVEN | 5 % | 15 |
| MT | 5 % | 2 |
| IMWITHSTUPID | 5 % | 12 |
| COLLARSTAIN | 5 % | 11 |
| KS | 5 % | 2 |
| PLEASEDASPUNCH | 5 % | 14 |
| TN | 5 % | 2 |
| USEOTHERDOOR | 5 % | 12 |
| WEDDINGBAND | 5 % | 11 |
| MO | 5 % | 2 |
| JOHNWALLIS | 5 % | 10 |
| BOXINGSITE | 5 % | 10 |
| AL | 5 % | 2 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: [See note]
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wait
- accent
- account
- accounting
- acknowledge
- acknowledgment
- act
- acts
- advert
- advertise
- altissimo
- anticipation
Crossword Answer definitions
SACRIFICE noun- The offering of anything to a god; a consecratory rite.
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; the devotion of something desirable to something higher, or to a calling deemed more pressing.
- Something sacrificed.
- A loss of profit.
- A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
- To offer (something) as a gift to a deity.
- To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility of gaining something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss.
- To trade (a value of higher worth) for something of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more, such as an ally or business relationship, or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money.
- To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one’s position on the board.
- To advance (a runner on base) by batting the ball so it can be caught or fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out.
- To sell at a price less than the cost or actual value.
- To destroy; to kill.
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 SACRIFICE
More clues leading to the result ONTOPOFTHEWORLD
- ...visiting Santa's workshop?
- Like Santa in ecstasy?
- Elated
- Euphoric
- Extremely happy
- Feeling great.
- Above par
- Sitting pretty
- Successful
- Feeling really good
More clues leading to the result OR
More clues leading to the result THISSIDEUP
- Phrase on some shipping crates
- Sign for a sunbather?
- Message on a shipping crate
- Words accompanying an arrow
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- Message between two arrows on a shipping container
More clues leading to the result CRIMEGROUP
More clues leading to the result ME
- An objective personal pronoun.
- Pronoun.
- Symbol for German plane.
- See note
- Jewel "You Were Meant for ___"
More clues leading to the result THRILLEDTOBITS
More clues leading to the result UT
More clues leading to the result YOUAREHERE
- Statement of the obvious
- Mall map phrase
- Mall map sentence
- Mall map phrase, and a homophonic hint to this puzzle's theme
- Words next to many 22-Down
- Mall directory words
- Position statement?
- Words by an arrow
- Words on some maps
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More clues leading to the result INSEVENTHHEAVEN
- More than happy
- Feeling ineffable bliss
- Thrilled to pieces
- Blissful
- Euphoric
- Elated
- Very happy
- Ecstatic
- Enraptured
- Really happy, as an angel?