Service crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Service” are SERVE, AVAIL or BRAND, with 5 letters. Below are 55 answers from 3 to 13 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

USE 3 letters · noun

a particular service “he put his knowledge to good use”

HELP 4 letters · noun

a means of serving “there's no help for it”

SERVE 5 letters · verb

be used by; as of a utility “The sewage plant served the neighboring communities”

MARKET 6 letters · noun

the customers for a particular product or service “before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it”

SETTING 7 letters · noun

a table service for one person “a place setting of sterling flatware”

OVERHAUL 8 letters · noun

periodic maintenance on a car or machine “it was time for an overhaul on the tractor”

VOLUNTEER 9 letters · noun

(military) a person who freely enlists for service

COMMISSION 10 letters · verb

put into commission; equip for service; of ships

ADVERTISING 11 letters · noun

a public promotion of some product or service

CONSCRIPTION 12 letters · noun

compulsory military service

ADVERTISEMENT 13 letters · noun

a public promotion of some product or service

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, HELP, TOUR, MAIL, RENT, HIRE and LEVY all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: L → HELP · U → TOUR · I → MAIL · N → RENT · R → HIRE · V → LEVY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, SERVE, AVAIL, BRAND, DRAFT, LEASE and HITCH all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: S → SERVE · A → AVAIL · B → BRAND · D → DRAFT · L → LEASE · H → HITCH. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, MARKET, CHURCH, CHARGE, ASSIST, ENGAGE and REWARD all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: R → MARKET · U → CHURCH · A → CHARGE · S → ASSIST · G → ENGAGE · W → REWARD. 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: “serviced” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “service” means

• noun: work done by one person or group that benefits another (“budget separately for goods and services”)
• noun: an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance (“he did them a service”)
• noun: the act of public worship following prescribed rules (“the Sunday service”)
• noun: a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

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