Answer to "Without bells and whistles" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PLAIN , but the solution may also be NO FRILLS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).

Without bells and whistles crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
PLAIN	75 %	5
NO FRILLS	25 %	9

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Without bells and whistles

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• frills
• blast
• lisp
• pipes
• ref
• cockatiel
• chime
• peal
• ring
• rings
• are
• tuned

Crossword Answer definitions

PLAIN adjective

1. Flat, level.
2. Simple.
3. Obvious.
4. Open.
5. Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
6. Not a trump.

PLAIN adverb

1. Simply.
2. Plainly; distinctly.

PLAIN noun

1. A lamentation.

PLAIN verb

1. To complain.
2. To lament, bewail.

PLAIN noun

1. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
2. A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
3. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
4. Any of various figurative meanings, regularly dead metaphors.

PLAIN noun

1. An expanse of land with relatively low relief, usually exclusive of forests, deserts, and wastelands.

PLAIN verb

1. To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.
2. To make plain or manifest; to explain.

PLAIN noun

1. A level or flat surface.
2. A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
3. A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane)
4. A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
5. (Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.
6. An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.

PLAIN noun

1. A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

PLAIN noun

1. An airplane; an aeroplane.
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called aeroplanes.
3. The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.

PLAIN noun

1. A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
2. (Northern UK) A sycamore.

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 PLAIN

• Unadorned
• Sans toppings
• Pizza choice
• Easy to see
• Steppe or savannah
• Like the nose on your face
• Like Amish style
• ___ People (Amish)
• Unvarnished
• "Sarah, ___ and Tall" (Glenn Close movie)

More clues leading to the result NO FRILLS

• Without bells and whistles
• Without any extras