Answer to "Stems" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ARRESTS which also is the latest solution we found used in CrossSynergy in 2003.

Stems crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
ARRESTS	38 %	7
ARISES	25 %	6
SCAPES	13 %	6
PROWS	13 %	5
STIPES	13 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stems

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

• radical
• staunch
• base
• theme
• root word
• fore
• stanch
• halt
• shank
• bow
• prow
• stalk

Crossword Answer definitions

ARRESTS noun

1. A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
2. The condition of being stopped, standstill.
3. The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
4. A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
5. A device to physically arrest motion.
6. The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
7. Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
8. A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.

ARRESTS verb

1. To stop the motion of (a person or animal).
2. To stay, remain.
3. To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
4. To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
5. To catch the attention of.
6. To undergo cardiac arrest.

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 ARRESTS

• Takes into custody
• Collars
• Takes in parts of rap records? (7)
• Cuffs
• Police-force stat
• Checks
• Rap sheet data
• Takes in for booking
• Stems
• Rap sheet entries

More clues leading to the result ARISES

• Crops up
• Pops up
• Gets up
• Originates
• Emerges
• Comes to light
• Comes up
• Comes to mind
• Moves upward
• Gets out of bed

More clues leading to the result SCAPES

• Green parts of garlic plants (perfect for pesto!)
• Scenic paintings
• Views: Suffix
• Scenic views, for short
• Some paintings
• Flower stalks.
• Stems.
• Scenic views.
• Dandelion stalks.
• Views.

More clues leading to the result PROWS

• Figurehead locations
• Fores
• Where figureheads are
• Spots where ship passengers shout "I'm king of the world!"
• Fronts of ships
• Bows at sea
• Armada leaders?
• Ship fronts
• Sterns' opposites
• Ships: Poet.

More clues leading to the result STIPES

• Michael of R.E.M. et al.
• Mushroom stems
• Family stock: Law.
• Stalks: Bot.
• Stems.
• Stalks.
• Mushroom stalks
• Stalks
• Stalks, to a botanist
• Short stalks