Through crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Through” are UNDER, CLEAR or STOCK, with 5 letters. Below are 63 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

OLD 3 letters · adjective

skilled through long experience “an old offender”

DONE 4 letters · adjective

having finished or arrived at completion “certain to make history before he's done”

UNDER 5 letters · adverb

through a range downward “children six and under will be admitted free”

DIRECT 6 letters · verb

command with authority “He directed the children to do their homework”

NATURAL 7 letters · adjective

being talented through inherited qualities “a natural leader”

FINISHED 8 letters · adjective

(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state “a finished product”

NATURALLY 9 letters · adverb

through inherent nature “he was naturally lazy”

ADOLESCENT 10 letters · adjective

being of the age 13 through 19

COMMONPLACE 11 letters · adjective

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse “his remarks were trite and commonplace”

INTIMIDATING 12 letters · adjective

discouraging through fear

KNOWLEDGEABLE 13 letters · adjective

thoroughly acquainted through study or experience “knowledgeable about the technique of painting”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, DONE, HALF, BORN, COLD and TEEN all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: D → DONE · H → HALF · B → BORN · C → COLD · T → TEEN. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, UNDER, CLEAR, STOCK, OLDER, TIRED and THICK all fit. The first letter settles most of it: U → UNDER · C → CLEAR · S → STOCK · O → OLDER · T → TIRED, THICK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, DIRECT, DRIVEN, INNATE, MELLOW, VERSED and BEREFT all fit. The first letter settles most of it: D → DIRECT, DRIVEN · I → INNATE · M → MELLOW · V → VERSED · B → BEREFT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

What “through” means

• adverb: from beginning to end (“read this book through”)
• adverb: over the whole distance (“this bus goes through to New York”)
• adverb: to completion (“think this through very carefully!”)
• adverb: in diameter (“this cylinder measures 15 inches through”)

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