The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BROOMS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2007.
They clear the way crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BROOMS | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: They clear the way
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Crossword Answer definitions
BROOMS verb- To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.
- A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
- An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
- Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, in the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium, with long, thin branches and small or few leaves.
- A gun, because it is more or less long, held similarly to a besom and “cleans” what is in front.
- To sweep with a broom.
- (roofing) To improve the embedding of a membrane by using a broom or squeegee to smooth it out and ensure contact with the adhesive under the membrane.
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