Clues for the word "REACTION"
We've had 27 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 45 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on December 10, 2025.
Definition of reaction
- n. - Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.
- n. - The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity, resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these agents, with the production of new compounds or the manifestation of distinctive characters. See Blowpipe reaction, Flame reaction, under Blowpipe, and Flame.
- n. - An action induced by vital resistance to some other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.
- n. - The force which a body subjected to the action of a force from another body exerts upon the latter body in the opposite direction.
- n. - Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction.
Referring Clues
- Knee jerk, e.g.
- Double-take, e.g.
- Double take, for one
- Response
- Chem lab event
- Feedback
- Into care (anag)
- See 5 across
- Response to what the soldiers did?
- Response to drug may get one into care, perhaps
- Response to stimulus, as soldiers to battle
- See 25
- The right response?
- Response of soldiers in the van of battle
- Response of soldiers being introduced to battle
- Feedback after moving into care
- Backlash after establishment leader is moved down three places
- Opposition on a court charge
- Sign of arousal that doesn't begin to receive a response
- Spit take, e.g.
- Backlash, for example
- Chemical change, or rhenium + actinium + titanium + oxygen + nitrogen?
- Stimulus aftermath
- Response to a stimulus
- Button on a Facebook post
- Response to what the soldiers did?
- Big stink, e.g.
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - December 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 03, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 06, 2025
- LA Times - July 06, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 03, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 31, 2025
- LA Times - January 18, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 02, 2025
- USA Today - August 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 18, 2023
- Daily Quick - August 06, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - July 17, 2023
- Daily Quick - May 03, 2023
- Mirror Daily - April 05, 2023
- Daily Quick - March 31, 2023
- Daily Quick - January 02, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 21, 2022
- New York Times - June 11, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 15, 2017
- Mirror Quick - November 30, 2017
- Mirror Quick - October 26, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - August 31, 2017
- Guardian Quick - August 29, 2017
- Daily Quick - August 06, 2017
- Daily Quick - May 03, 2017
- Daily Quick - March 31, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 01, 2014
- Guardian Quick - February 21, 2014
- LA Times - January 30, 2014
- USA Today - April 04, 2013
- And in 15 more crossword puzzles...