The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DETRACT which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Take away from crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DETRACT | 76 % | 7 |
| MAR | 6 % | 3 |
| DIVEST | 6 % | 6 |
| EATINTO | 6 % | 7 |
| SUBTRACT | 6 % | 8 |
Why may DETRACT be the right solution?
The word "destract" means to take away or diminish the worth or value of something, making it a fitting answer to the clue "Take away (from)".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Take away from
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- take out
- leave off
- detracting
- leave out
- subtracted
- strip away
- removing
- substract
- subtracting
- remove
- detracts
- cut away
Crossword Answer definitions
DETRACT verb- To take away; to withdraw or remove.
- To take credit or reputation from; to defame or decry.
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 DETRACT
- Take away from
- Take away
- Take away a part
- Diminish, with "from"
- Take away (from)
- Divert
- What drawbacks do
- Take away.
- Take away (with "from").
- Take away something desirable (from).
More clues leading to the result MAR
More clues leading to the result DIVEST
- Sell off
- Dispossess
- Rid
- Sell off, as stocks
- Strip, as of rights
- Rid (of)
- Get rid (of)
- Strip.
- Deprive.
- Dispossess.
More clues leading to the result EATINTO
- Chip away at
- Erode
- Deplete
- Erode gradually, as one's savings
- Consume, as profits
- Gradually deplete
- Corrode
- Compromise, as savings
- Deplete, as profits
- Deplete, as savings