Local crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Local” are PARTS or RATES, with 5 letters. Below are 6 answers from 5 to 7 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

PARTS 5 letters · noun

the local environment “he hasn't been seen around these parts in years”

PARISH 6 letters · noun

a local church community

TOPICAL 7 letters · adjective

pertaining to the surface of a body part “a drug for topical (or local) application”

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “locales” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “local” means

• adjective: relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area (“local taxes”)
• adjective: of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood (“local customs”)
• adjective: affecting only a restricted part or area of the body (“local anesthesia”)
• noun: public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops (“the local seemed to take forever to get to New York”)

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