The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ANNEALED , but the solution may also be EASED which is one of the most recent solution (2011 in USA Today).
Tempered crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ANNEALED | 50 % | 8 |
| EASED | 38 % | 5 |
| SEASONED | 13 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tempered
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hardened
- qualified
- diluted
- burnt
- sunbaked
- treated
- tuned
- baked
- annealed
- burned
- moderated
- toned down
Crossword Answer definitions
ANNEALED verb- To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
- To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
- To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
- To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
- To strengthen or harden.
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 ANNEALED
- Did a glassblower's job, perhaps
- Strengthened by heating
- Toughened, as glass
- Tempered and rendered malleable.
- Tempered, as steel.
- Tempered
- Heated, as glass
- Got hot, then cooled off
- Toughened
- Tempered with heat
More clues leading to the result EASED
- Abated
- Alleviated
- Buffered
- Let up
- Reduced, as tensions
- Facilitated
- Lessened
- Loosened
- Made bearable
- Made comfortable