The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ANALYST which also is the latest solution we found used in Boston Globe in 2014.
Shrink crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ANALYST | 23 % | 7 |
| CRINGE | 12 % | 6 |
| COWER | 12 % | 5 |
| CONTRACT | 8 % | 8 |
| DECREASE | 6 % | 8 |
| WINCE | 6 % | 5 |
| RECOIL | 4 % | 6 |
| PSYCH | 4 % | 5 |
| PSYCHOTHERAPIST | 4 % | 15 |
| LESSEN | 4 % | 6 |
| CONDENSE | 4 % | 8 |
| FLINCH | 2 % | 6 |
| SHY | 2 % | 3 |
| FORESHORTEN | 2 % | 11 |
| DOWNSIZE | 2 % | 8 |
| RECEDE | 2 % | 6 |
| EBB | 2 % | 3 |
| DIMINISH | 2 % | 8 |
| DWINDLE | 2 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shrink
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- shrivel
- reduce
- wither
- flinch
- wince
- cringe
- recoil
- psychiatrist
- contract
- quail
- funk
- head-shrinker
Crossword Answer definitions
ANALYST noun- Someone who analyzes.
- A mathematician who studies real analysis.
- A systems analyst.
- A practitioner of psychoanalysis.
- A financial analyst; a business analyst.
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 ANALYST
- ESPN employee
- ESPN talking head
- Fox Sports talking head
- Many an ESPN employee
- Shrink
- CIA job
- Studier of psyches
- Market watcher
- Employee immersed in data
- Sigmund or Anna Freud
More clues leading to the result CRINGE
- React to a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" bit, say
- React to a Ricky Gervais bit, perhaps
- Shrink in fear
- [That's a sore subject]
- Recoil
- Draw back
- Behave servilely
- Recoil in fear
- Cower
- Show fear
More clues leading to the result COWER
- Shrink in fear
- Hide in fear
- Cringe
- Show fear
- Act like a scaredy-cat
- Cringe in fear
- Be intimidated
- Act frightened
- Cringe; flinch
- Act intimidated
More clues leading to the result CONTRACT
- Come down with
- Written agreement
- Legal document
- Covenant
- Formal agreement.
- A form of bridge.
- Bridge.
- Type of bridge.
- Bridge begun in 1925.
- Shrink.
More clues leading to the result DECREASE
More clues leading to the result WINCE
- Betray an igry feeling, say
- React to bad news
- React to something cringeworthy
- Recoil in pain
- Show pain
- Pained expression
- Flinch
- React to a sting
- Grimace
- Possible reaction to a bad pun
More clues leading to the result RECOIL
- Kick back when fired
- Pistol's kickback
- Colt kickback
- Draw back
- Shrink back
- Show disgust
- Shrink back (from)
- Show horror, perhaps
- Flinch
- Display horror, perhaps
More clues leading to the result PSYCH
- College frosh class
- "Not!"
- Unnerve, with "out"
- "Changed my mind"
- Freudian subject, briefly
- Social science, briefly
- Coll. major for some
- Fool, with "out"
- Cow, with "out"
- Social-science course, for short
More clues leading to the result PSYCHOTHERAPIST
- Shrink
- Healer with issues?
- P, as in __
- One who treats mental disorders
- One handling issues
- One dealing with issues
More clues leading to the result LESSEN
- Diminish
- Abate
- Ebb
- Cut down on auditor's classroom assignment (6)
- Ease up, as pressure
- Pull back
- Subside
- Cut back
- Mitigate
- Let up
More clues leading to the result CONDENSE
More clues leading to the result FLINCH
- Shrink back
- React defensively
- Shrink
- Start
- Draw back
- Show pain
- Recoil slightly, as from an oncoming punch
- Recoil
- Reflex response to a sudden pain
More clues leading to the result SHY
- Bashful
- Short
- " ... twice __."
- Not at all outgoing
- Unlikely to mix
- Averse to first moves
- Retiring
- Tending to shrink
- Like a wallflower
- Owing
More clues leading to the result FORESHORTEN
More clues leading to the result DOWNSIZE
- Cut staff
- Shrink, in a way
- Reduce the staff
- Diminish the work force ... or a literal hint to the answers to the four starred clues
- Shrink
- Engage in layoffs
- Reduce a staff, and make seven squares in this puzzle smaller, in a way
More clues leading to the result RECEDE
- Withdraw
- Go back
- Fall back
- Ebb
- Retreat, like a hairline
- Move back
- Reveal more forehead
- Subside
- Move away
- Give ground gradually