City crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “City” are SOUK, with 4 letters. Below are 6 answers from 4 to 10 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

SOUK 4 letters · noun

an open-air market in an Arabian city

MAYOR 5 letters · noun

the head of a city government

URCHIN 6 letters · noun

poor and often mischievous city child

ORDINANCE 9 letters · noun

a statute enacted by a city government

METROPOLIS 10 letters · noun

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

Other forms of this clue

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

What “city” means

• noun: a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (“Ancient Troy was a great city”)
• noun: an incorporated administrative district established by state charter (“the city raised the tax rate”)
• noun: people living in a large densely populated municipality (“the city voted for Republicans in 1994”)

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