The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SETTLING , but the solution may also be FIGURINGOUT which is one of the most recent solution (2007 in Newsday).
Solving crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SETTLING | 33 % | 8 |
| FIGURINGOUT | 33 % | 11 |
| UNRIDDLING | 33 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Solving
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- resolution
- address
- addressed
- addressing
- adjudicating
- cope
- coping
- cracking
- deal
- dealing
- dealt
- defusing
Crossword Answer definitions
SETTLING verb- To conclude or resolve (something):
- To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
- To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
- To establish or become established in a steady position:
- To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
- To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
- To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
- To make a jointure for a spouse.
- (of an animal) To make or become pregnant.
- The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
- The reckoning or settlement of accounts.
- (usually in the plural) Dregs; sediment.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result SETTLING
- Paying the bill, with "up"
- Resolving, as an argument
- Moving, or ceasing movement
- Occurrence during shipping
- Composing.
- Making one's home.
- Solving.
- Colonizing.
- Subsidence.
- Paying up