Clues for the word "ANSWER"
We've had 95 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 230 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on April 08, 2026.
Definition of answer
- n. - To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
- n. - To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to.
- n. - To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.
- n. - To be or act in return or response to.
- n. - To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell.
- n. - To render account to or for.
- n. - To atone; to be punished for.
- n. - To be opposite to; to face.
- n. - To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
- n. - To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.
- v. i. - To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response.
- v. i. - To make a satisfactory response or return.
- v. i. - To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care.
- v. i. - To be or act in return.
- v. i. - To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils.
- v. i. - To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
- v. i. - To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer.
- v. i. - To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to.
- n. - A reply to a change; a defense.
- n. - Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply.
- n. - Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action.
- n. - A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem.
- n. - A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill.
Referring Clues
- Echo, e.g.
- Make a comeback
- Match, as a description
- "Is that your final ___?"
- Echo
- "Jeopardy!" offering
- Come back
- Respond
- "Jeopardy!" clue
- Spoken reply
- Alex Trebek offering
- Response
- See 68-Across
- Word that appears elsewhere on this page
- Pick up the phone
- Be accountable (for)
- Offering from Trebek
- Reply
- Comeback
- Exam-sheet entry
- Test-paper fill-in
- Pick up, as a phone
- Provide an explanation for
- This one contains six letters
- This one requires six letters
- Correct reply
- "Jeopardy!" clue, e.g.
- Trebek offering
- Respond to a knock
- Render a reply
- Give a response
- Solver's quest
- This clue has one
- Newspaper crossword accompanier
- Cheater's peeked-at item
- "Jeopardy!" revelation
- Riddle's punch line
- Riddle's punch line
- Solution
- Question, on 'Jeopardy!'
- 'Jeopardy!' clue
- 'Jeopardy!' clue, e.g.
- It's blowin' in the wind
- Peeked-at item
- Explanation
- Quizmaster's request
- R.S.V.P.
- Retort
- Reaction
- Grab the phone
- Get back to
- Rejoinder
- Response to a question
- Response right after a news broadcast
- A news broadcast with right to reply
- It may be printed upside-down
- Alan Parsons Project "Don't ___ Me"
- Solve - solution
- Secured by screwed screws, nails come back
- A run of four points ending in poor return
- How to deal with Warne's spin?
- Retort of unfortunate Swan Queen?
- A state about to back up result
- A newscast leading to royal response
- What the inquiring mind seeks to find in Americans - werewolves!
- You may find it as Wren built
- A state upset about response
- Jeans were part of the problem? On the contrary
- Solution to a problem
- As Wren rebuilt, you need to take the blame
- Response to a wren's involvement
- Article points us to right solution
- Response from barbarians we resist
- ylper?
- Complete directions for entering a right response
- A state of Australia and its head of state return
- Solution offered by Australian state: cutting a rate of interest
- The one for 11 Down is 11 Down
- One of 144 in this grid
- Response to a monarch seizing territory down under
- Reply to
- You're asking for it!
- Solution provided by politicians we reject
- Problem's solution
- Man, for the Sphinx's riddle
- A rhetorical question doesn't ask for one
- Pick up, in a way
- End of the quote
- It's given in the form of a question on "Jeopardy!"
- Question, in "Jeopardy!"
- True or false, on a true/false test
- What a key provides
- Something "Jeopardy!" gives you
- Pick up
- Pick up, as a call
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - April 08, 2026
- LA Times - March 15, 2026
- Daily Quick - March 13, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 20, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 22, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 14, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 31, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 24, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 01, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 15, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 09, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 03, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 21, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 30, 2025
- New York Times - January 02, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 22, 2024
- Daily Quick - October 04, 2024
- New York Times - September 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 18, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - August 19, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 05, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 31, 2024
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