The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LEAVE , but the solution may also be SKIP OUT which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Take a powder crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEAVE | 23 % | 5 |
| LAM | 21 % | 3 |
| SCRAM | 19 % | 5 |
| FLEE | 17 % | 4 |
| TALC | 6 % | 4 |
| EXIT | 4 % | 4 |
| RUN | 2 % | 3 |
| SKIPTOWN | 2 % | 8 |
| SKIP OUT | 2 % | 8 |
| VANISH | 2 % | 6 |
| VAMOOSE | 2 % | 7 |
Why may SKIP-OUT be the right solution?
The phrase "take a powder" is an idiomatic expression that means to leave or depart quickly. The answer "SKIP OUT" fits perfectly as it also means to leave abruptly or without permission.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Take a powder
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- powder puff
- powderpuff
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- powder monkey
- powderhorn
- powder horn
- gunpowder
- take off
- baby powder
Crossword Answer definitions
LEAVE verb- To have a consequence or remnant.
- To depart; to separate from.
- To transfer something.
- To remain (behind); to stay.
- To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
- The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
- The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).
- Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
- Permission.
- Farewell, departure.
- To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
- To produce leaves or foliage.
- To raise; to levy.
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 LEAVE
- French __ (abrupt departure)
- Take a powder
- Permission
- Shove off
- "Scramola!"
- Maternity ___
- Skedaddle
- Use the eggsit
- Army vacation
- Split
More clues leading to the result LAM
- Beat it
- Escape
- Headlong flight
- Run for it
- Wallop
- Get out of town
- Skip town
- Take a powder
- Felon's exit
- Felonious flight
More clues leading to the result SCRAM
- "Get lost!"
- "Hit the road!"
- Abrupt farewell
- Parting word, of sorts
- "Step off!"
- "Git!"
- "Beat it!"
- "Get outta here, kid! You're bothering me"
- "I said 'go!'"
- Word to a pest
More clues leading to the result FLEE
- Barrister Bailey
- Leave town
- Scamper off
- Hightail it
- Skip town
- Get outta here
- Get the hell out of Dodge (Tribute #3)
- Run
- Skedaddle
- Head for the hills
More clues leading to the result TALC
- 1 on the Mohs scale
- After-bath sprinkle
- Baby powder ingredient
- Face-powder mineral
- Mineral with a soapy feel
- Shower powder
- Soft mineral
- Locker supply
- Magnesium silicate
- One end of the Mohs scale
More clues leading to the result EXIT
- Door, at times
- Leave the stage
- Part of a cloverleaf
- Theater sign
- Adit's opposite
- Door sign
- Stage direction
- Departure
- Fire-escape sign
- Kind of poll
More clues leading to the result RUN
- Duration
- Compete in a race
- Flow
- Turn tail
- Beat a retreat
- Get cracking
- Series, in cards
- Go office-hunting?
- "___ and Tell That" ("Hairspray" song)
- Do like Santorum
More clues leading to the result SKIPTOWN
- Get out under cover of night
- Get out in a hurry
- Flee
- Get out of the city, fugitive-style
- Take a powder
- Try to avoid arrest, perhaps
- Abscond
- Vamoose
More clues leading to the result SKIP OUT
More clues leading to the result VANISH
- Go missing
- Be here and then gone
- Go for good
- Disappear
- Become invisible
- Go poof
- Disappear into thin air
- Slip away
- Get lost
- Go away