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 |
| PSYCH | 4 % | 5 |
| PSYCHOTHERAPIST | 4 % | 15 |
| LESSEN | 4 % | 6 |
| CONDENSE | 4 % | 8 |
| RECOIL | 4 % | 6 |
| DOWNSIZE | 2 % | 8 |
| RECEDE | 2 % | 6 |
| DIMINISH | 2 % | 8 |
| EBB | 2 % | 3 |
| DWINDLE | 2 % | 7 |
| FLINCH | 2 % | 6 |
| SHY | 2 % | 3 |
| FORESHORTEN | 2 % | 11 |
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 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 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 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
More clues leading to the result DIMINISH
More clues leading to the result EBB
More clues leading to the result DWINDLE
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