The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 1 letter word Y
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Y
More clues leading to the result Y
- Old lady and tiny kids perhaps mentioned underwear
- In New Orleans you all shout America’s first — for eccentricity!
- Remarkably frosty when accepting new briefs
- Y
- Try-ons unexpectedly involving female?
- Pants like yaks, maybe?
- Okay to replace centre with forward? That’s pants!
- European ready in line that’s set up engineering equipment
- Female right to wear Tony’s tight underwear
- Mrs Piggy’s picked up underwear
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What does Y mean?
Y noun- (abstract) This place; this location.
- (abstract) This time, the present situation.
- For what cause, reason, or purpose (interrogative adverb).
- For which cause, reason, or purpose (relative adverb).
- A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
- (by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.
- A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.
- A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
- A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
- A level or grade in school or college.
- The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
- Eye dialect spelling of hear
- An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
- A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.
- The quality or state of being young.
- The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
- A young person.
- A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.
- (used with a plural or singular verb) Young persons, collectively.