Government crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Government” are TILL or DUTY, with 4 letters. Below are 41 answers from 4 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

TILL 4 letters · noun

a treasury for government funds

MAYOR 5 letters · noun

the head of a city government

REGIME 6 letters · noun

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

CAPITAL 7 letters · noun

a seat of government

POLITICS 8 letters · noun

the study of government of states and other political units

GOVERNING 9 letters · noun

the act of governing; exercising authority “regulations for the governing of state prisons”

GOVERNANCE 10 letters · noun

the act of governing; exercising authority

AUTHORITIES 11 letters · noun

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit “the matter was referred to higher authorities”

COMMISSIONER 12 letters · noun

a government administrator

ADMINISTRATOR 13 letters · noun

someone who manages a government agency or department

ADMINISTRATION 14 letters · noun

the act of governing; exercising authority

Telling them apart

With 6 squares, REGIME, OFFICE, AGENCY, BUREAU, TARIFF and TROUGH all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: E → REGIME · F → OFFICE · G → AGENCY · U → BUREAU · A → TARIFF · R → TROUGH. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 7 squares, CAPITAL, REVENUE, IMPRESS, TREASON, EMBARGO and MISRULE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: C → CAPITAL · R → REVENUE · I → IMPRESS · T → TREASON · E → EMBARGO · M → MISRULE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 8 squares, POLITICS, DIVISION, GOVERNOR, TAXATION and MANDARIN all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: P → POLITICS · D → DIVISION · G → GOVERNOR · T → TAXATION · M → MANDARIN. 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: “governments” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “government” means

• noun: the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit (“the government reduced taxes”)
• noun: the act of governing; exercising authority (“he had considerable experience of government”)
• noun: (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed (“tyrannical government”)
• noun: the study of government of states and other political units

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