The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SEES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Takes in crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SEES | 16 % | 4 |
| ADOPTS | 14 % | 6 |
| EARNS | 13 % | 5 |
| ABSORBS | 10 % | 7 |
| EATS | 9 % | 4 |
| ALTERS | 6 % | 6 |
| HAS | 6 % | 3 |
| REAPS | 5 % | 5 |
| CONS | 3 % | 4 |
| FOOLS | 2 % | 5 |
| DUPES | 2 % | 5 |
| NOTICES | 2 % | 7 |
| BEHOLDS | 1 % | 7 |
| INGESTS | 1 % | 7 |
| EMBRACES | 1 % | 8 |
| NETS Down 1 Foal fodder | 1 % | 23 |
| HOODWINKS | 1 % | 9 |
| RECEIVES | 1 % | 8 |
| EYES | 1 % | 4 |
| ARRESTS | 1 % | 7 |
| SNARES | 1 % | 6 |
| INCLUDES | 1 % | 8 |
Why may ADOPTS be the right solution?
The word "adopts" fits the clue "Takes in" because it means to legally take someone else's child as one's own.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Takes in
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- take in
- take for
- take to
- take it
- take up
- taken in
- take on
- captures
- enters
- takeup
- takin
- absorbs
Crossword Answer definitions
SEES verb- (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
- To form a mental picture of.
- (social) To meet, to visit.
- To be the setting or time of.
- (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
- To wait upon; attend, escort.
- To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
- To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
- (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
- To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
- To include as one of something's experiences.
- A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
- The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric
- A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
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 SEES
- Catches on
- Checks out
- Goes out with
- Blunders upon
- Comprehends
- Dates
- Eyes
- Gets it
- Gets the picture
- Keeps company with
More clues leading to the result ADOPTS
- Takes up or takes in
- Takes in
- Decides to use
- Makes one's own
- Rescues from the pound, say
- Takes on
- Begins to follow, as a philosophy
- Takes as one's own
- Accepts, as a resolution
- Espouses
More clues leading to the result EARNS
- Is deserving of
- Produces dividends
- Acquires
- Pulls down
- Yields as profit
- Makes
- Takes home
- Warrants
- Brings home bacon
- Gets the old-fashioned way
More clues leading to the result ABSORBS
- Takes in
- Assimilates
- Soaks up
- Works like a sponge
- Assumes, as costs
- Sops up
- Picks up
- Sponges up
- Engages fully
- Engrosses wholly.
More clues leading to the result EATS
- Does lunch
- Beanery sign
- Bolts down
- Comestibles
- Gobbles down
- Grub
- Sign outside a greasy spoon
- Works on gourmet entrees
- Chows down
- Greasy-spoon come-on
More clues leading to the result ALTERS
- Changes
- Takes in
- Makes an adjustment
- Hems, as pant legs
- Does some tightening up, say
- Tailors
- Makes over
- Does a tailoring task
- Makes changes to
- Takes in or lets out
More clues leading to the result HAS
- "Euclid alone ___ looked on beauty bare..."
- A few laughs
- Is afflicted with
- Suffers from
- Is in possession
- Is suffering from
- Keeps
- Owns
- ___-been
- Possesses
More clues leading to the result REAPS
- Swings a sickle
- Acquires, as profit
- Harvests
- Cuts the mustard?
- Does some field work
- Garners
- Gathers
- Brings in at harvest
- Brings in
- Brings in, as grains
More clues leading to the result CONS
- Bamboozles
- Time servers
- Negatives
- Yardbirds
- Swindles
- Puts one over on
- Takes for a ride
- Pen pals?
- Pen men
- Potential problems
More clues leading to the result FOOLS
- Jesters
- They rush in
- Takes in
- Bozos
- We mortals
- Ninnies
- No rocket scientists, they
- April honorees?
- April 1 prank victims
- They rush in where angels fear to tread
More clues leading to the result DUPES
- Cat's-paws
- Deceives
- Fools, as I have never done to anyone in my life
- Marks
- Swindles
- Gullible guys
- Suckers in
- Patsies
- Plays for a fool
- Swindling victims
More clues leading to the result NOTICES
- Bulletins
- Informational placards
- Bulletin board posts
- Doesn't overlook
- Bulletin board attachments
- Reviews
- Perceives
- Catches sight of
- Leaflets
- Brief newspaper reviews, as of books or plays.
More clues leading to the result BEHOLDS
- Sees
- Has a look at
- Gazes upon
- Looks at
- Witnesses
- Lays eyes on
- Observes
- Notices with wonder.
- Regards.
- Looks upon
More clues leading to the result INGESTS
More clues leading to the result EMBRACES
- Adopts wholeheartedly
- Hugs
- More than accepts
- Romantic movie "close-ups."
- Takes in
- Holds close to one's heart?
- Hugs tightly
More clues leading to the result NETS Down 1 Foal fodder
More clues leading to the result HOODWINKS
More clues leading to the result RECEIVES
More clues leading to the result EYES
- Baby blues
- Peepers
- Pores over
- Potato spots
- Seeing things
- Sizes up
- Snake __ (craps roll)
- "Windows of the soul"
- Checks out
- Looks closely
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 SNARES
- Traps
- Part of a percussion section
- Captures
- Some drums
- Entraps
- Game keepers?
- Stings, essentially
- Traps, in a way
- Entangles
- Catches