The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word QUIT , but the solution may also be BAG IT which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Throw in the towel crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| QUIT | 69 % | 4 |
| CEDE | 6 % | 4 |
| BAGIT | 4 % | 5 |
| CRYUNCLE | 4 % | 8 |
| GIVEUP | 4 % | 6 |
| CAVE | 2 % | 4 |
| BAG IT | 2 % | 6 |
| SPAACCESSORY | 2 % | 12 |
| END | 2 % | 3 |
| PUNT | 2 % | 4 |
| CALLITQUITS | 2 % | 11 |
| FORFEIT | 2 % | 7 |
Why may BAG-IT be the right solution?
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Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Throw in the towel
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- chuck up the sponge
- leave
- drop out
- quit
- give up
- throw in
- throw in one's hand
- throw up the sponge
- throw in the cards
- throw up one's hands
- throw to the dogs
- fight a losing battle
Crossword Answer definitions
QUIT verb- To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
- To repay (someone) for (something).
- To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).
- To conduct or acquit (oneself); to behave (in a specified way).
- To carry through; to go through to the end.
- To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
- To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
- To abandon, renounce (a thing).
- To leave (a place).
- To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
- To stop, give up (an activity) (usually + gerund or verbal noun).
- To close (an application).
- (usually followed by of) Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.
- Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America.
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 QUIT
- Cry "uncle!"
- Throw in the towel
- Walk out
- Resign
- Swear off
- Terminate a session, for example
- Call it a day
- Pack it in
- Stop saying "Sorry," perhaps?
- Withdraw
More clues leading to the result CEDE
- Give up
- Sign over
- Give over
- Give up, as territory
- Relinquish
- Resign formally
- Yield
- Surrender
- Sign away
- Formally surrender
More clues leading to the result BAGIT
- Abandon the task
- Abandon something, informally
- Skip school, in slang
- Give up, informally
- Brown __ (bring lunch)
- Play hooky
- Quit, so to speak
- Give up on a task
- Bring along lunch, slangily
- Quit trying
More clues leading to the result CRYUNCLE
- Give
- Concede ... or a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues
- Throw in the towel
- Cave
- Admit defeat
- Give up
- Back down
- Concede defeat
More clues leading to the result GIVEUP
More clues leading to the result CAVE
- Bat hideout
- __ in (yield)
- Home for a bat, a man, or Batman
- Go soft in negotiations
- React to pressure
- Yield
- Hermit's hideaway
- Bear lair
- Spelunking milieu
- Collapse
More clues leading to the result BAG IT
More clues leading to the result SPAACCESSORY
More clues leading to the result END
- Break off
- Curling division
- Deep or dead follower
- Finale
- Finis
- Finish
- He may be offensive
- Last gasp
- Sign off
- Wind up
More clues leading to the result PUNT
- Fourth-down maneuver
- Fourth-down play
- 4th-down play
- 4th and long play, often
- Flat-bottomed boat
- Fourth-down option
- Football kick
- Last resort for Paterno
- Special-team play
- Give up the pigskin