Clues for the word "ADOPTS"
We've had 55 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 124 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on January 08, 2026.
Referring Clues
- Decides to use
- Embraces
- Takes on
- Takes in
- Takes as one's own
- Goes abroad for a baby, perhaps
- Becomes a parent not by childbirth
- Espouses
- Votes to accept
- Ratifies
- Embraces, as a philosophy
- Accepts, as a resolution
- Passes, as a bill
- Makes one's own
- Takes into one's family
- Embraces as one's own
- Becomes a parent
- Takes in or takes on
- Takes home from the pound
- Gets pets, maybe
- Rescues from the pound, say
- Becomes parents, in a way
- Accepts formally, as a resolution
- Takes an orphan
- Enlarges a family, in a way
- Starts using
- Becomes a parent, in a way
- Rescues a foundling, say
- Takes up
- Takes in opening band
- A Democrat picks and chooses
- Assumes Parent-Teacher Association's do has a good mix
- Assumes toads move around quietly
- Fosters? Make a choice without the commercials
- Begins to follow, as a philosophy
- Takes in (child)
- Accepts embraces
- Accepts notice at a different spot
- Approves party in small apartments
- Takes on commercial work, climbing street
- Adds to the family
- Takes the greyhound home, say
- Decides to start using
- Votes to enact
- Takes on or in
- Takes home from a shelter, say
- Rescues from a shelter
- Expands the family, perhaps
- Takes in, as a rescue dog
- Takes in as one's own
- Brings home a new pet
- Assumes
- Takes home a furry friend
- Starts using, as an accent
- Brings into the family
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - January 08, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - December 29, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 16, 2025
- New York Times - September 15, 2025
- LA Times - August 17, 2025
- USA Today - March 08, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 15, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 05, 2025
- LA Times - December 13, 2024
- New York Times - December 06, 2024
- USA Today - September 06, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - April 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - March 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - January 30, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 13, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 17, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - June 06, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - March 08, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - December 21, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 20, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 01, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - January 15, 2018
- Evening Standard Easy - November 22, 2017
- Universal - November 20, 2017
- Mindfood Daily - October 27, 2017
- Mirror Quick - September 01, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - June 17, 2017
- Netword - June 13, 2017
- New York Times - May 14, 2017
- Universal - May 08, 2017
- And in 94 more crossword puzzles...