Making crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Making” are WORDS, GUIDE or PUNCH, with 5 letters. Below are 107 answers from 3 to 15 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

DIN 3 letters · noun

the act of making a noisy disturbance

WORK 4 letters · noun

activity directed toward making or doing something “she checked several points needing further work”

WORDS 5 letters · noun

words making up the dialogue of a play

SPEECH 6 letters · noun

words making up the dialogue of a play “the actor forgot his speech”

WILLING 7 letters · noun

the act of making a choice

DEVISING 8 letters · noun

the act that results in something coming to be “the devising of plans”

ANIMATION 9 letters · noun

the making of animated cartoons

FASHIONING 10 letters · noun

the act that results in something coming to be “the fashioning of pots and pans”

LEGISLATION 11 letters · noun

the act of making or enacting laws

BREAKTHROUGH 12 letters · noun

making an important discovery

QUALIFICATION 13 letters · noun

an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something “her qualifications for the job are excellent”

CINEMATOGRAPHY 14 letters · noun

the act of making a film

DEMOCRATIZATION 15 letters · noun

the action of making something democratic

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, WORK, SOIL, MENU and DIRT all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: W → WORK · S → SOIL · M → MENU · D → DIRT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, WORDS, GUIDE, PUNCH, STAIN, FILTH and GRIME all fit. The first letter settles most of it: W → WORDS · G → GUIDE, GRIME · P → PUNCH · S → STAIN · F → FILTH. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, DIN, URN and DEB all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: I → DIN · R → URN · E → DEB. 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: “makings” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “making” means

• noun: the act that results in something coming to be (“the making of measurements”)
• noun: an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something (“she has the makings of fine musician”)
• noun: (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something (“the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake”)

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