Another crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Another” are USED, with 4 letters. Below are 29 answers from 4 to 12 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

USED 4 letters · adjective

previously used or owned by another “bought a secondhand (or used) car”

OTHER 5 letters · adjective

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; quantifier, other “today isn't any other day”

BIASED 6 letters · adjective

favoring one person or side over another “a biased account of the trial”

COLORED 7 letters · adjective

favoring one person or side over another

SELECTED 8 letters · adjective

chosen in preference to another

PREFERRED 9 letters · adjective

more desirable than another “Danny's preferred name is ‘Dan’”

SUBSTITUTE 10 letters · adjective

serving or used in place of another

ESTABLISHED 11 letters · adjective

introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation

METAPHORICAL 12 letters · adjective

expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another “a metaphorical expression”

Telling them apart

With 7 squares, COLORED, LAYERED, RELIANT, HEARSAY and SLANTED all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: C → COLORED · L → LAYERED · R → RELIANT · H → HEARSAY · S → SLANTED. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 9 squares, PREFERRED, ALTERNATE and DIVERGENT all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: P → PREFERRED · A → ALTERNATE · D → DIVERGENT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 10 squares, SUBSTITUTE, PREFERABLE, NEGOTIABLE, SECONDHAND, TELESCOPIC and METAPHORIC all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: B → SUBSTITUTE · E → PREFERABLE · G → NEGOTIABLE · C → SECONDHAND · L → TELESCOPIC · T → METAPHORIC. Fill in that crossing answer first.

What “another” means

• adjective: any of various alternatives; some other; entity, singular, other pronoun; quantifier, singular, another (“put it off to another (or some other) day”)

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 ANOTHER, and words whose definition is ANOTHER. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.