The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ELASTIC which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2014.
What gives? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ELASTIC | 33 % | 7 |
| HOWNOW | 33 % | 6 |
| HUH | 33 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: What gives?
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Crossword Answer definitions
ELASTIC noun- An elastic material used in clothing, particularly in waistbands and cuffs.
- An elastic band.
- Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.
- Made of elastic.
- Of clothing, elasticated.
- Sensitive to changes in price.
- Springy; bouncy; vivacious
- Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials.
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 ELASTIC
- Adaptable
- Stretchable
- Flexible
- Stretchy
- Unaffected by stretching
- Like a rubber band
- Like some bands
- It gives
- Rubber band
- Like some demand, in economics
More clues leading to the result HOWNOW
- Greeting of yore
- Question for a brown cow
- "What gives?"
- Elocution lesson phrase.
- First words of speech exercise.
- Phrase in speech training.
- Half of a musical comedy title.
- Part of an elocution phrase
- Question for a brown cow?
- Query to a cow