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The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Get” are FIND, BEAT or GROW, with 4 letters. Below are 84 answers from 3 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

PAY 3 letters · verb

give money, usually in exchange for goods or services “Pay the waitress, please”

FIND 4 letters · verb

receive a specified treatment (abstract) “These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation”

START 5 letters · verb

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action “Who will start?”

BECOME 6 letters · verb

enter or assume a certain state or condition

RECEIVE 7 letters · verb

receive a specified treatment (abstract) “These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation”

CONTRACT 8 letters · verb

be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

STIMULATE 9 letters · verb

cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

EXPERIENCE 10 letters · verb

go through (mental or physical states or experiences) “experience vertigo”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, FIND, BEAT, GROW, DRAW, POSE and SIRE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: F → FIND · B → BEAT · G → GROW · D → DRAW · P → POSE · S → SIRE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, START, CAUSE, BRING, DRIVE, CATCH and BEGIN all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: R → START · S → CAUSE · N → BRING · V → DRIVE · C → CATCH · I → BEGIN. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, PAY, FIX, AIM, VEX, AGE and BID all fit. The first letter settles most of it: P → PAY · F → FIX · A → AIM, AGE · V → VEX · B → BID. 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: “gets” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “get” means

• verb: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract (“Get your results the next day”)
• verb: enter or assume a certain state or condition (“It must be getting more serious”)
• verb: cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
• verb: receive a specified treatment (abstract)

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