Answer to "Skein of thread" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CLEW , but the solution may also be SLEAVE which is one of the most recent solution (2011 in Boston Globe).

Skein of thread crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
CLEW	50 %	4
SLEAVE	50 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Skein of thread

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• clew
• snarl
• bottom
• clue
• snarled
• bottoms
• hank
• swift
• yarn
• streak
• cut
• cuts

Crossword Answer definitions

CLEW noun

1. A roughly spherical mass or body.
2. A ball of thread or yarn.
3. Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
4. The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction.
5. (in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
6. (in the plural) The cords suspending a hammock.

CLEW verb

1. To roll into a ball
2. (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)

CLEW noun

1. A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
2. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
3. An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
4. Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)

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 CLEW

• Ball of yarn
• Thread of Theseus
• Way out of the labyrinth
• Either lower corner of a square sail
• This, across the pond
• Bottom corner of a square sail
• Skein of yarn
• Ball of thread.
• Lower corner of a square sail.
• Theseus' ball of thread.

More clues leading to the result SLEAVE

• Skein of thread
• Fine thread
• Separate into filaments, as silk
• "Sleep that knits up the ravell'd ___ of care": Shakespeare
• "The ravell'd __ of care": Shak.
• Untwisted silk.
• "Sleep that knits up the ravell'd ___."
• "The ravel'd ___ of care."
• Silk in the form of filaments.
• Silk in filaments.