Getting crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Getting” are RETURN, with 6 letters. Below are 11 answers from 6 to 14 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

RETURN 6 letters · noun

getting something back again

DRESSING 8 letters · noun

the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes

ACQUIRING 9 letters · noun

the act of acquiring something “I envied his talent for acquiring”

RESTORATION 11 letters · noun

getting something back again

RECONCILIATION 14 letters · noun

getting two things to correspond “the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement”

Telling them apart

With 9 squares, ACQUIRING, BALANCING and REGAINING all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: A → ACQUIRING · B → BALANCING · R → REGAINING. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 11 squares, RESTORATION, PROCUREMENT, OBSTRUCTION and RESTITUTION all fit. The fifth letter tells them all apart: O → RESTORATION · U → PROCUREMENT · R → OBSTRUCTION · I → RESTITUTION. Fill in that crossing answer first.

What “getting” means

• noun: the act of acquiring something (“he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving”)

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