The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word RECESS , but the solution may also be SCENERY which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in Washington Post).
Set back crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RECESS | 20 % | 6 |
| SCENERY | 20 % | 7 |
| RECESSED | 20 % | 8 |
| COST | 13 % | 4 |
| REVERSED | 7 % | 8 |
| DEALTABLOW | 7 % | 10 |
| INDENTED | 7 % | 8 |
| HAMPERED | 7 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Set back
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- put off
- postpone
- defer
- knock back
- offset
- put back
- remit
- put over
- hold over
- shelve
- setoff
- table
Crossword Answer definitions
RECESS noun- A break, pause or vacation.
- An inset, hole, space or opening.
- A time of play during the school day, usually on a playground; break, playtime.
- A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
- A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat.
- The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
- A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
- A secret or abstruse part.
- A sinus.
- To inset into something, or to recede.
- To take or declare a break.
- To appoint, with a recess appointment.
- To make a recess in.
- Remote, distant (in time or place).
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 RECESS
- Time for dodge ball, perhaps
- Hole in the wall?
- Time to hit the playground
- Courtroom or classroom break
- Playtime
- Alcove
- Time out
- Cleft
- Niche
- Break from classes
More clues leading to the result SCENERY
- Landscape
- Where the action is
- Stage setting
- Sights to enjoy
- Some actors chew it
- Broadway backdrops
- Set decoration
- What tourists take in
- Stage designer's pride
- Backdrop
More clues leading to the result RECESSED
- Took a break, Senate-style
- Suspended
- Took a break
- Resembling an alcove
- Below the surface
- Set back
- Not flush
- Not currently meeting
- Took a break from court
- Like an alcove
More clues leading to the result COST
- __-effective
- __-justify (make a business case for)
- Asking price
- Price
- Part of COLA
- Sell for
- Go for
- "What does it ___?"
- Number on a jacket
- Tag line?
More clues leading to the result REVERSED
- Overturned in court
- Went backwards
- Turned 180 degrees
- Turned backward
- Set back.
- Annulled, as a judgment.
- Inside out.
- Turned around.
- Went into a gear.
- Changed direction
More clues leading to the result DEALTABLOW
More clues leading to the result INDENTED
- Set back
- Started a paragraph, perhaps
- Started a paragraph
- Moved to the right
- Made a new paragraph.
- Set in from the margin
- Like most paragraphs
- Not far out
- Notched