Season crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Season” are CROP, with 4 letters. Below are 8 answers from 4 to 8 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

CROP 4 letters · noun

the yield from plants in a single growing season

FLAVOR 6 letters · verb

lend flavor to

FLAVOUR 7 letters · verb

lend flavor to

MODERATE 8 letters · verb

make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

Telling them apart

With 6 squares, FLAVOR, TEMPER and HARDEN all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: F → FLAVOR · T → TEMPER · H → HARDEN. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 7 squares, FLAVOUR, MOLLIFY and HARVEST all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: F → FLAVOUR · M → MOLLIFY · H → HARVEST. 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: “seasoned” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “season” means

• noun: a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field (“he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company”)
• noun: one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions (“the regular sequence of the seasons”)
• noun: a recurrent time marked by major holidays (“it was the Christmas season”)
• verb: lend flavor to (“Season the chicken breast after roasting it”)

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