The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LINGERS , but the solution may also be NAGS which is one of the most recent solution (2013 in Boston Globe).
Won't go away crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LINGERS | 33 % | 7 |
| NAGS | 33 % | 4 |
| HOVERS | 33 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Won't go away
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- persist
- persist in
- persist with
- persist upon
- upon
- persisting
- depend
- insist
- cease
- remain
- continually
- indeed
Crossword Answer definitions
LINGERS verb- To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter.
- To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
- (often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
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 LINGERS
- Sticks around
- Tarries
- Won't go away
- Hangs around
- Won't go away, as an odor
- Waits.
- Dawdles.
- Stays on
- Hangs back
- Keeps the host up, perhaps
More clues leading to the result NAGS
- Acts the back-seat driver
- Preakness competitors, slangily
- Also rans
- Beaten-down horses
- Carps
- Glue factory candidates
- Shrews
- Bettors bet on them
- Acts shrewish
- Emulates Xanthippe