The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NEAT which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Tidy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEAT | 72 % | 4 |
| NEATEN | 5 % | 6 |
| INORDER | 3 % | 7 |
| SNUG | 3 % | 4 |
| SHIPSHAPE | 3 % | 9 |
| NEATASAPIN | 2 % | 10 |
| ORDERLY | 1 % | 7 |
| INGOODORDER | 1 % | 11 |
| KEMPT | 1 % | 5 |
| TRIM | 1 % | 4 |
| INAPPLEPIEORDER | 1 % | 15 |
| SQUAREDAWAY | 1 % | 11 |
| LARGE | 1 % | 5 |
| SPRUCE | 1 % | 6 |
| CLEANUP | 1 % | 7 |
| CLEAN | 1 % | 5 |
| SPRUCEDUP | 1 % | 9 |
| NEATENUP | 1 % | 8 |
| TRIG | 1 % | 4 |
| CLUTTERFREE | 1 % | 11 |
Why may NEAT be the right solution?
"Neat" is a synonym for tidy, meaning clean and well-organized. In crossword puzzles, it's common for answers to be synonyms of the clue to maintain the puzzle's challenge and wordplay.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tidy
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- neat
- uncluttered
- orderly
- tidy up
- trim
- shipshape
- clean up
- respectable
- hefty
- sizeable
- straighten
- straight
Crossword Answer definitions
NEAT noun- An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
- Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
- Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
- Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
- With all deductions or allowances made; net.
- Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
- Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
- Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.
- Good, excellent, desirable.
- A bull or cow.
- Cattle collectively.
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 NEAT
- In good order
- Orderly
- Straight at the bar
- Tidy
- "Groovy"
- In order
- Straight up, at the bar
- Bar order
- Cool
- Like Felix, not Oscar
More clues leading to the result NEATEN
- Put in order
- Do some tidying
- Tidy
- Spruce up
- Tidy up
- Act like Felix Unger
- Straighten up
- Bring to order?
- Make tidy
- Spiff up
More clues leading to the result INORDER
- Properly arranged
- Tidy
- Seriatim
- Properly organized
- As it should be
- Organized
- Neat as a pin
- With everything where it should be
- Set
- Fully alphabetized
More clues leading to the result SNUG
- Close-fitting
- Comfy-cozy
- Cozy
- Kind of fit
- Comfortably under a comforter
- Nice and comfortable
- Like happy nestlings
- Hardly baggy
- A little tight
- Warm 'n' cozy
More clues leading to the result SHIPSHAPE
- Ready for the main
- In good condition
- Tidy
- In tidy condition, and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues
- In good order
- Trim and tidy
- In tidy condition
- In order.
- Tidy.
- Trim.
More clues leading to the result NEATASAPIN
- Very tidy
- Free of clutter
- Spic-and-span
- Spruce
- Tidy to the max
- Tidy
- Immaculate
- Shipshape
- In perfect order
- Clean and orderly
More clues leading to the result ORDERLY
- Law-abiding
- Hospital worker
- Like a good fire drill
- Medical assistant
- Neatly arranged
- Hospital employee
- Neat
- Well-organized
- Tidy
- Methodical
More clues leading to the result INGOODORDER
More clues leading to the result KEMPT
- Tidily maintained
- Not the least blowzy
- Scarcely scruffy
- Not messy
- Well-manicured
- Neat and trim
- Neat and tidy in appearance
- Arranged neatly
- Well-groomed
- Tidy
More clues leading to the result TRIM
- Lean
- Shaping at the salon
- Short clip
- Svelte
- Use clippers
- Cut corners
- Touch up, as this puzzle's subject does to a beard (See STEPS)
- In shape
- A little off?
- Athletic
More clues leading to the result INAPPLEPIEORDER
- Very neat
- Very neatly arranged
- Perfectly arranged
- Shipshape
- Trim
- Spic and span
- Very well organized
- Neat
- Hunky-dory
- Phrase for perfect arrangement.
More clues leading to the result SQUAREDAWAY
More clues leading to the result LARGE
- Gargantuan
- Sweater size
- Shirt size
- At __ (free)
- Sizable
- Like NBA players
- Soft drink order
- Sweatshirt size
- ___ and in charge
- Big.
More clues leading to the result SPRUCE
- Coned conifer
- Neat
- Spiff (up)
- Type of evergreen
- Pine family member
- Like Howard Hughes's Goose
- Many a Christmas tree
- Christmas purchase
- Dapper
- "Blue" evergreen
More clues leading to the result CLEANUP
- Make a lot of money
- Where Albert Pujols often bats
- Make a killing
- With 52-Across, straighten up and fly right
- Fourth hitter in the batting order
- Straighten, as a room
- Job in a supermarket aisle
- Make big bucks
- Do very well
- Heavy hitter's batting position.
More clues leading to the result CLEAN
- Without a record
- Jerk's partner
- Pollution free
- Spotless
- Unsullied
- Surname of the Magic Eraser mascot
- Not guilty
- Off drugs
- Straight out of rehab
- Launder
More clues leading to the result SPRUCEDUP
More clues leading to the result NEATENUP
More clues leading to the result TRIG
- H.S. math subject
- See 7D
- Advanced math
- Math course
- H.S. math course
- One may consider all the angles in it
- SOHCAHTOA subj.
- Sine language?
- Where you might get a tan
- Class that might a lecture about sin