The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STOIC , but the solution may also be STEELY which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Unflinching crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STOIC | 62 % | 5 |
| FIRM | 15 % | 4 |
| FEARLESS | 8 % | 8 |
| STEELY | 8 % | 6 |
| STERN | 8 % | 5 |
Why may STEELY be the right solution?
"Steely" is the right solution because it means showing determination and strength, which is synonymous with being unflinching.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Unflinching
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fearless
- unintimidated
- unblinking
- unafraid
- unshrinking
- unfaltering
- unwavering
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- unswerving
- unyielding
- indefatigable
Crossword Answer definitions
STOIC noun- Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.
- A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.
- Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
- Not affected by pain or distress.
- Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.
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 STOIC
- Imperturbable
- Zeno, for one
- Follower of Zeno
- Seemingly indifferent
- Student of Zeno
- Stiff-upper-lip type
- Like Zeno
- Indifferent to pain
- Uncomplaining
- Not easily flapped
More clues leading to the result FIRM
- Grisham's "The __"
- Business partnership
- 1993 Sydney Pollack thriller, with "The"
- Soft's opposite
- Unchanging
- Unlikely to bend
- Solid
- Unwilling to budge
- Unbudging
- Fixed in place
More clues leading to the result FEARLESS
- Not afraid of anything
- Intrepid
- Unflinching
- Bold
- Courageous
- Like daredevils
- Undaunted.
- Brave.
- Like Fosdick of the comics
- Like the legendary Fosdick
More clues leading to the result STEELY
- ____ Dan
- Like a determined stare
- Hard
- Unyielding
- Hard and cold
- Obdurate
- Rock's __ Dan
- Hard like metal
- Inflexible
- Resolute