The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SPONGES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1950.
U S gulf-coast industry crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| SPONGES | 100 % | 7 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: U S gulf-coast industry
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Crossword Answer definitions
SPONGES noun- Any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
 - A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
 - A porous material such as sponges consist of.
 - A heavy drinker.
 - A type of light cake.
 - A type of steamed pudding.
 - A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
 - A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
 - Any sponge-like substance.
 - A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
 - The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
 - A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
 
- To take advantage of the kindness of others.
 - To get by imposition; to scrounge.
 - To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
 - To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
 - To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
 - To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
 - To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
 
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