Given crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Given” are STYLE, BRAND or TOUGH, with 5 letters. Below are 91 answers from 3 to 13 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

APT 3 letters · adjective

(usually followed by ‘to’) naturally disposed toward “he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant”

TRUE 4 letters · adjective

expressing or given to expressing the truth “a true statement”

STYLE 5 letters · noun

the popular taste at a given time “the 1920s had a style of their own”

MINDED 6 letters · adjective

(usually followed by ‘to’) naturally disposed toward “I am not minded to answer any questions”

GRANTED 7 letters · adjective

acknowledged as a supposition

INCLINED 8 letters · adjective

(often followed by ‘to’) having a preference, disposition, or tendency “wasn't inclined to believe the excuse”

SKEPTICAL 9 letters · adjective

marked by or given to doubt “a skeptical attitude”

REINFORCED 10 letters · adjective

given added strength or support “reinforced concrete contains steel bars or metal netting”

PRESUMPTION 11 letters · noun

an assumption that is taken for granted

ACKNOWLEDGED 12 letters · adjective

recognized or made known or admitted “the acknowledged leader of the community”

IMPROVISATION 13 letters · noun

a performance given extempore without planning or preparation

Telling them apart

With 5 squares, STYLE, BRAND, TOUGH, PRIZE, CROWN and TREND all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: Y → STYLE · A → BRAND · U → TOUGH · I → PRIZE · O → CROWN · E → TREND. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, APT, ALL, BIG, GAY, LOG and SOP all fit. The first letter settles most of it: A → APT, ALL · B → BIG · G → GAY · L → LOG · S → SOP. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, MINDED, GIVING, SECRET, FORMED, OUTPUT and TROPHY all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: M → MINDED · G → GIVING · S → SECRET · F → FORMED · O → OUTPUT · T → TROPHY. 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: “givens” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “given” means

• adjective: acknowledged as a supposition (“given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started”)
• adjective: (usually followed by ‘to’) naturally disposed toward
• noun: an assumption that is taken for granted

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