Take crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Take” are NEED, READ or DEAL, with 4 letters. Below are 96 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

ASK 3 letters · verb

require as useful, just, or proper “This job asks a lot of patience and skill”

NEED 4 letters · verb

require as useful, just, or proper

BRING 5 letters · verb

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere “Bring me the box from the other room”

RETURN 6 letters · noun

the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property “the average return was about 5%”

REQUIRE 7 letters · verb

require as useful, just, or proper “success usually requires hard work”

CONSIDER 8 letters · verb

take into consideration for exemplifying purposes “Consider the following case”

SUBSCRIBE 9 letters · verb

receive or obtain regularly

PHOTOGRAPH 10 letters · verb

record on photographic film “I photographed the scene of the accident”

NECESSITATE 11 letters · verb

require as useful, just, or proper

DIFFERENTIATE 13 letters · verb

calculate a derivative; take the derivative

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, NEED, READ, DEAL, FILM, LEAD and PACK all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: N → NEED · R → READ · D → DEAL · F → FILM · L → LEAD · P → PACK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, BRING, STUDY, ISSUE, LEARN, DRIVE and TRAIN all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: B → BRING · S → STUDY · I → ISSUE · L → LEARN · D → DRIVE · T → TRAIN. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, ASK, AIM, USE, TRY, EAT and SIT all fit. The first letter settles most of it: A → ASK, AIM · U → USE · T → TRY · E → EAT · S → SIT. 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: “takes” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “take” means

• verb: carry out (“take action”)
• verb: require (time or space)
• verb: take somebody somewhere (“can you take me to the main entrance?”)
• verb: get into one's hands, take physically (“Take a cookie!”)

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