Under crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Under” are BELOW, DRUNK or HARDY, with 5 letters. Below are 49 answers from 3 to 12 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

LOW 3 letters · adjective

less than normal in degree or intensity or amount “low prices”

KIND 4 letters · adjective

tolerant and forgiving under provocation “our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke”

BELOW 5 letters · adverb

further down

NETHER 6 letters · adjective

located below or beneath something else “nether garments”

USUALLY 7 letters · adverb

under normal conditions “usually she was late”

SUPPOSED 8 letters · adjective

required or under orders “I'm supposed to be there at ten”

CONTAINED 9 letters · adjective

gotten under control “the oil spill is contained”

RESTRAINED 10 letters · adjective

under restraint

SUBORDINATE 11 letters · adjective

lower in rank or importance

UNCONTROLLED 12 letters · adjective

not being under control; out of control “the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, KIND, WEAK and RUSH all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: K → KIND · W → WEAK · R → RUSH. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, BELOW, DRUNK, HARDY and DOPED all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: E → BELOW · R → DRUNK · A → HARDY · O → DOPED. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, NETHER, RUSHED and STONED all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: N → NETHER · R → RUSHED · S → STONED. Fill in that crossing answer first.

What “under” means

• adverb: down to defeat, death, or ruin (“their competitors went under”)
• adverb: through a range downward (“children six and under will be admitted free”)
• adverb: into unconsciousness (“this will put the patient under”)
• adverb: in or into a state of subordination or subjugation (“we must keep our disappointment under”)

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