The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SUB which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2022.
Stand-in crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SUB | 55 % | 3 |
| PROXY | 17 % | 5 |
| PINCHHITTER | 7 % | 11 |
| DOUBLE | 7 % | 6 |
| STEAD | 7 % | 5 |
| ALTERNATE | 3 % | 9 |
| SURROGATE | 3 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stand-in
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- substitute
- fill in
- sub
- deputize
- step in
- stand at
- stand on
- stand to
- stand for
- standing
- stand over
- stand up
Crossword Answer definitions
SUB noun- A submarine.
- A submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
- A substitute, often in sports.
- (often in plural) A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
- A subtitle.
- A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).
- A subeditor.
- A subcontractor.
- (BDSM) A submissive.
- A subordinate.
- A subaltern.
- A subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
- Subsistence money: part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
- To substitute for.
- To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
- To replace (a player) with a substitute.
- Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.
- To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
- To lend.
- To subscribe.
- (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
- To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
- To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
- Under.
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 SUB
- Deli offering
- Temp. teacher
- Deli order, sometimes
- Hero
- Lunch that requires two hands
- Bench-warmer
- Grinder's kin
- Stand-in
- "Nautilus," for one
- Second-stringer
More clues leading to the result PROXY
- Delegate
- Substitute
- Legal substitute
- Authorized representative
- Stand-in with power
- Surrogate
- Stand-in
- Official substitute
- Vote by ___
- Electoral college member, e.g.
More clues leading to the result PINCHHITTER
- Stand-in
- Certain substitute player
- Late-inning substitute
- Substitute at the plate
- Batsman in the clutch.
- Important man in the clutch.
- Substitute in an emergency
- Nonstarter s role
- One who'll go to bat for you?
- One coming off the bench
More clues leading to the result DOUBLE
- Stiff drink
- Many a Fenway "wall ball"
- Two-bagger
- Request to a bartender
- Twin
- Bar order
- Before: cross or date
- Times two
- Bases clearer, at times
- Word that must precede 17-, 19-, 34-, 55-, and 58-Across to make sense of their clues
More clues leading to the result STEAD
- Lieu
- Place
- Purpose
- Stand-in
- Word after home or bed
- Place previously occupied by another
- Stand in good ___
- Farm or home attachment
- Advantage
- Fast start?
More clues leading to the result ALTERNATE
- How to shake up Etna?
- See 33 Across
- Backup
- Take turns
- Deputy
- Vary by turns.
- Reciprocal.
- Vice, so to speak
- Sub
- What black and white squares do on a chessboard