Any crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Any” are CLEAR, ALONE or GROSS, with 5 letters. Below are 55 answers from 4 to 15 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

SOME 4 letters · adjective

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity “have some milk”

CLEAR 5 letters · adjective

(especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law “I have clear title to this property”

ALWAYS 6 letters · adverb

at any time or in any event “you can always resign if you don't like it”

EXTREME 7 letters · adjective

most distant in any direction “the extreme edge of town”

WHATEVER 8 letters · adjective

one or some or every or all without specification; entity, elective existential pronoun; quantifier, elective existential “give me whatever peaches you don't want”

INSTANTLY 9 letters · adverb

without any delay

WHATSOEVER 10 letters · adjective

one or some or every or all without specification; entity, elective existential pronoun; quantifier, elective existential “no milk whatsoever is left”

EXCLUSIVELY 11 letters · adverb

without any others being included or involved “he works for Mr. Smith exclusively”

UNCLASSIFIED 12 letters · adjective

not arranged in any specific grouping

UNNECESSARILY 13 letters · adverb

without any necessity “this marathon would exhaust him unnecessarily”

INSTANTANEOUSLY 15 letters · adverb

without any delay

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, SOME, ONLY, VERY, EVER, NONE and PURE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: S → SOME · O → ONLY · V → VERY · E → EVER · N → NONE · P → PURE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, CLEAR, ALONE, GROSS, NAKED, PLAIN and STARK all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: C → CLEAR · A → ALONE · G → GROSS · N → NAKED · P → PLAIN · S → STARK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, ALWAYS, STABLE, SOLELY, STATIC and INTACT all fit. The sixth letter tells them all apart: S → ALWAYS · E → STABLE · Y → SOLELY · C → STATIC · T → INTACT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

What “any” means

• adjective: one or some or every or all without specification; entity, elective existential pronoun; quantifier, elective existential (“give me any peaches you don't want”)
• adverb: to any degree or extent (“it isn't any better”)

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