The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CLEAVE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Use an ax on, perhaps crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CLEAVE | 100 % | 6 |
Why may CLEAVE be the right solution?
The word "cleave" can mean both "to split with a sharp instrument like an ax" and "to adhere closely to something." So, using an ax to split something is a way to "cleave" it.
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Crossword Answer definitions
CLEAVE noun- Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.
- To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
- To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
- To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
- To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
- To split.
- Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
- To cling, adhere or stick fast to something; used with to or unto.
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