Answer to "Takes over for" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SPELLS , but the solution may also be STEPSIN which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in New York Times).

Takes over for crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SPELLS	56 %	6
RELIEVES	22 %	8
REPLACES	11 %	8
STEPSIN	11 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Takes over for

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

• resumed
• repeats
• resumes
• pacemaker
• adaptation
• father figure
• father surrogate
• cross country
• artificial pacemaker
• higher law
• moomba
• nationalize

Crossword Answer definitions

SPELLS noun

1. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
2. A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
3. Speech, discourse.

SPELLS verb

1. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

SPELLS verb

1. To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
2. (sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
3. To be able to write or say the letters that form words.
4. Of letters: to compose (a word).
5. (with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail.
6. To indicate that (some event) will occur.
7. To constitute; to measure.
8. To speak, to declaim.
9. To tell; to relate; to teach.

SPELLS noun

1. A shift (of work); a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
2. A definite period (of work or other activity).
3. An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance.
4. A period of rest; time off.
5. A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
6. An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.

SPELLS verb

1. To work in place of (someone).
2. To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
3. To rest from work for a time.

SPELLS noun

1. A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
2. The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.

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 SPELLS

• Takes over for
• Incantations
• They're cast
• Cast stuff
• Relieves
• Wand-wielders' words
• Potter's repertoire
• Takes part in a bee
• Wizard's repertoire
• Bits of witchcraft

More clues leading to the result RELIEVES

• Palliates
• Takes over for
• Frees from anxiety.
• Gives aid to.
• Mitigates
• Salves
• Exempts
• Takes over for, on the pitching mound

More clues leading to the result REPLACES

• Supplants
• Puts back
• Supersedes
• Takes over for
• Supplants.
• Substitutes for.
• Succeeds
• Substitutes
• Supercedes

More clues leading to the result STEPSIN

• Intervenes
• Intercedes
• Takes charge
• Becomes involved
• Intervenes.
• Enters
• Tries to mediate
• Takes over (for)
• Acts as a substitute