Air crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Air” are LINE, SEND or TUNE, with 4 letters. Below are 64 answers from 3 to 11 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

FAN 3 letters · verb

agitate the air

LINE 4 letters · noun

a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

THROW 5 letters · verb

propel through the air “throw a frisbee”

STRAIN 6 letters · noun

a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

BREATHE 7 letters · verb

draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs “I can breathe better when the air is clean”

AVIATION 8 letters · noun

travel via aircraft

BROADCAST 9 letters · verb

broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

ATMOSPHERE 10 letters · noun

the mass of air surrounding the Earth “there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere”

CARBURETTOR 11 letters · noun

mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, LINE, SEND, TUNE, BARE, BEAM and VENT all fit. The first letter settles most of it: L → LINE · S → SEND · T → TUNE · B → BARE, BEAM · V → VENT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, THROW, BLAST, CHOKE, FLYER, WHIFF and SWOOP all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: T → THROW · B → BLAST · C → CHOKE · F → FLYER · W → WHIFF · S → SWOOP. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, STRAIN, BREEZE, MELODY, ZEPHYR, AERATE and FLIGHT all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: S → STRAIN · B → BREEZE · M → MELODY · Z → ZEPHYR · A → AERATE · F → FLIGHT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “aired” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “air” means

• noun: a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of (“air pollution”)
• noun: the region above the ground (“her hand stopped in mid air”)
• noun: a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing (“an air of mystery”)
• noun: a slight wind (usually refreshing) (“as he waited he could feel the air on his neck”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as AIR, and words whose definition is AIR. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.