Answer to "X and Y" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AXES , but the solution may also be CHROMOSOMES which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).

X and Y crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
AXES	60 %	4
CHROMOSOMES	20 %	11
VARIABLES	20 %	9

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: X and Y

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Crossword Answer definitions

AXES noun

1. A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
2. An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
3. A dismissal or rejection.
4. A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
5. A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.

AXES noun

1. The axle of a wheel.

AXES verb

1. To request (information, or an answer to a question).
2. To put forward (a question) to be answered.
3. To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
4. To request or petition; usually with for.
5. To request permission to do something.
6. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
7. To invite.
8. To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
9. To take (a person's situation) as an example.

AXES verb

1. To fell or chop with an axe.
2. To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.

AXES verb

1. To furnish with an axle.

AXES noun

1. An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
2. A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
3. The second cervical vertebra of the spine
4. A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
5. The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged

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 AXES

• Chops off
• Fires
• Shows to the door
• Terminates
• X, Y, and Z
• Fellers
• Graph lines
• Fire department tools
• Lines in geometry class
• Props in some "The Wizard of Oz" costumes

More clues leading to the result CHROMOSOMES

• Threadlike bodies that carry genes in a linear order
• Genetic bundles
• X and Y

More clues leading to the result VARIABLES

• X and Y
• Things that change
• X and Y, commonly