Leave crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Leave” are WILL, LEAD or EXIT, with 4 letters. Below are 47 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

WILL 4 letters · verb

leave or give by will after one's death

ALLOW 5 letters · verb

make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain “The evidence allows only one conclusion”

RESULT 6 letters · verb

produce as a result or residue

PROVIDE 7 letters · verb

make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain “This procedure provides for lots of leeway”

FAREWELL 8 letters · noun

the act of departing politely “he disliked long farewells”

DISCHARGE 9 letters · verb

remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

SABBATICAL 10 letters · adjective

of or relating to sabbatical leave “sabbatical research project”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, WILL, LEAD, EXIT, STAY, MISS and MARK all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: L → WILL · D → LEAD · T → EXIT · Y → STAY · S → MISS · K → MARK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, ALLOW, ADMIT, STICK, EMPTY, SHIFT and STAIN all fit. The second letter settles most of it: L → ALLOW · D → ADMIT · T → STICK, STAIN · M → EMPTY · H → SHIFT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, RESULT, FORGET, DEPART, IMPART, CHANGE and REMAIN all fit. The first letter settles most of it: R → RESULT, REMAIN · F → FORGET · D → DEPART · I → IMPART · C → CHANGE. 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: “leaved” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “leave” means

• verb: go away from a place (“At what time does your train leave?”)
• verb: go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
• verb: act or be so as to become in a specified state
• verb: leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking (“leave it as is”)

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