The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SQUIB which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2006.
Short newspaper item crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SQUIB | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Short newspaper item
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- squib
- paragraph
- obit
- local
- article
- scoop
- personal
- feature
- clip
- comics
- announcement
- sidebar
Crossword Answer definitions
SQUIB noun- A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
- A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
- A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
- Any small firecracker sold to the general public, usually in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuse is lit.
- A malfunction in which the fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck.
- The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.
- In special effects, a small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface.
- A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.
- A writer of lampoons.
- In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.
- A short article, often published in journals, that introduces theoretically problematic empirical data or discusses an overlooked theoretical problem. In contrast to a typical article, a squib need not answer the questions that it poses.
- An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person or thing.
- A sketched concept or visual solution, usually very quick and not too detailed.
- To make a sound like a small explosion.
- To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute.
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