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It collapses when the stakes are raised

Last seen in Universal Crossword May 27, 2023 Answers

This crossword clue "It collapses when the stakes are raised" appeared in the Universal Crossword crossword on May 27, 2023. With 182 potential answers on file gathered from published crossword puzzles, our best match is TENT — a 4-letter word with 99% confidence. Below you'll find all possible solutions ranked by probability.

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182 Other Potential Answers

99%
TENT
It collapses when the stakes are raised
Universal Crossword · May 27, 2023
4%
ABANDONSHIP
"Everyone in the water!," or when parsed differently, what can be found in each set of circled words
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2026
4%
PANDA
Bamboo-loving bear, or, when parsed in three parts, a feature of the answers to the starred clues
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 18, 2026
4%
SMOCK
Recommended garment when using glitter glue
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 18, 2026
4%
BLACKJACK
Reply when Mr. Nicholson asks, "How do you like your coffee?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
4%
FINEART
Reply when Mr. Garfunkel asks how everyone is doing?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
4%
ELECTRICITYBILL
Reply when Mr. Nye asks why there are so many wind turbines?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
4%
COOLCAT
Reply when Ms. Deeley mentions her new TV gig?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
4%
DITTOMARK
Reply when Mr. Hamill says, "May the Force be with you"?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
4%
LEIA
Skywalker raised on Alderaan
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 5, 2026
4%
CUSPED
Having raised surfaces, as teeth
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 30, 2026
4%
ROMEOROMEO
Juliet's response when her love asks what city is as eternal as their bond?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
4%
UTILEUTILE
Helpful draw when trying to play a Q word in Scrabble?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
4%
DOORSTEP
Dance move performed when entering a room?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 9, 2026
4%
TAY
Swift, to Swifties, when doubled
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 22, 2026
4%
NOON
Time when shadows are shortest
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 30, 2026
4%
POKERNIGHT
Evening when one hopes to get a good deal, and when one might hear the starts of 18-, 23-, 37-, and 47-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 6, 2026
4%
GAIN
Choice when the Tide runs out?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2026
4%
SIDESADDLE
Equestrian style, or, when parsed differently, a three-part instruction for making 19 clues in this puzzle match their answers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 24, 2026
4%
LETSPLAYITBYEAR
"We'll cross that bridge when we get there"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
4%
OLDCHUM
Buddy from way back when
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 9, 2026
4%
INITIALPHASE
(Letters 6-10 of this answer) testing, when checking software
Universal Crossword · Apr 6, 2026
4%
VESTEDINTERESTS
Personal stakes
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 6, 2026
4%
SHOUT
Holler, or when parsed differently, an alternate title for this puzzle
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 5, 2026
4%
BEE
One goes "zzub" when flying backward, in a joke
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
4%
OUGHT
"Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ___ to have it." (Langston Hughes)
Universal Crossword · Mar 30, 2026
4%
CARSTEREOS
What people connect their phones to when they're "on aux"
Universal Crossword · Mar 17, 2026
4%
ITSAMETHING
"I'm quirky like that," or, when parsed differently, what can be said of 17-, 30-, and 48-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 16, 2026
4%
SLUR
Miss a few letters when speaking
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 15, 2026
4%
SNOW
Flakes when it's cold outside
Universal Crossword · Mar 12, 2026
4%
MISSPEAK
Reply "You, too" when wished "Happy Birthday," probably
Universal Crossword · Mar 9, 2026
4%
EVE
She raised Cain
Universal Crossword · Mar 4, 2026
4%
KNOLL
Bit of raised land
Universal Crossword · Feb 28, 2026
4%
SEAT
Bike part that can be raised and lowered
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 16, 2026
4%
COMEOUTEVENING
Night when one leaves the closet?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 13, 2026
4%
HEARMEOUT
"Just listen to what I have to say," and a hint to a sound you must ignore when reading each starred clue's answer
Universal Crossword · Jan 30, 2026
4%
KNEES
Joints used when cycling
Universal Crossword · Jan 29, 2026
4%
ELSE
Word after "who," "when," "where," "what" or "why"
Universal Crossword · Jan 20, 2026
4%
APR
Mo. when CPAs work overtime
Universal Crossword · Jan 5, 2026
4%
TAXI
Call with a raised hand
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 1, 2026
4%
BARN
One may be raised by the Amish
Universal Crossword · Dec 29, 2025
4%
SLEEPERCAR
Where you might move when you retire?
Universal Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
4%
ISTHATYOU
Question when trying to recognize someone
Universal Crossword · Dec 13, 2025
4%
EMPTYNEST
What's left when kids go to college
Universal Crossword · Dec 11, 2025
4%
CONVERSIONFACTOR
Consideration when switching religions?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 23, 2025
4%
DOSA
Pancake that becomes a drink when its first and third letters are switched
Universal Crossword · Nov 20, 2025
4%
ETA
Best guess as to when, initially
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 19, 2025
4%
WHATABURGER
Texas-based fast-food chain ... or what one may exclaim when the ends of 16-, 24-, 39- and 48-Across are assembled
Universal Crossword · Nov 18, 2025
4%
ANIL
Name that becomes a world capital when bookended by "M" and "A"
Universal Crossword · Nov 9, 2025
4%
GETAROOM
Comment when things are heating up
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 8, 2025
4%
OVENMITT
Protection when things are heating up
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 8, 2025
4%
SWAMI
Hindu title that becomes a sentence when its last letter is made first
Universal Crossword · Nov 6, 2025
4%
VILLAINERA
Phase when one stops being a pushover
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 1, 2025
4%
BOOP
Silly sound made when touching a dog's nose
Universal Crossword · Oct 20, 2025
4%
AHA
Cry when something clicks
Universal Crossword · Oct 11, 2025
4%
EMBOSS
Add a raised design to
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 7, 2025
4%
WONTON
Chinese dumpling that's best when crispy, in my opinion
Universal Crossword · Sep 14, 2025
4%
OMAR
Name that becomes a tomato type when its last letter is moved to the front
Universal Crossword · Sep 12, 2025
4%
ENERO
Month when it's not chilly in Chile
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 12, 2025
4%
WELCOMESILVERBACK
*Primate habitat banner when the zoo acquires a new gorilla?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 7, 2025
4%
AHEADOF
Leading, or, when parsed differently, what can lead into the starts of the answers to the starred clues
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 3, 2025
4%
OLD
"I was today years __ when ... "
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2025
4%
ISPEPSIOKAY
Server's question when there's no Coke
Universal Crossword · Aug 16, 2025
4%
SUFFIX
Less, when added?
Universal Crossword · Aug 11, 2025
4%
TABLEFORONE
Request when dining solo
Universal Crossword · Aug 3, 2025
4%
TEXT
"___ me when you get home!"
Universal Crossword · Aug 3, 2025
4%
ROOF
It's "raised" in a dance move
Universal Crossword · Aug 2, 2025
4%
TIMER
One may buzz when it hits 0
Universal Crossword · Jul 31, 2025
4%
AGE
19, for Adele, when her album "19" came out
Universal Crossword · Jul 28, 2025
4%
FIRSTIMPRESSION
Opinion formed when shaking hands, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 21, 2025
4%
UVINDEX
You might apply extra sunscreen when it's high
Universal Crossword · Jul 13, 2025
4%
LAPS
They disappear when people stand
Universal Crossword · Jul 12, 2025
4%
CHARGE
What electric cars do when plugged in
Universal Crossword · Jul 12, 2025
4%
EOCENE
Epoch when mammals arose
Universal Crossword · Jul 2, 2025
4%
ONSTANDBY
Ready when needed
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 24, 2025
4%
AMY
Name that becomes a month when its first two letters are swapped
Universal Crossword · Jun 21, 2025
4%
ELECT
Word that becomes a synonym when "s" is added to the front
Universal Crossword · Jun 15, 2025
4%
LBOMB
Word dropped when things are getting serious, informally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2025
4%
MISPLAYED
Made a wrong move, say ... or when parsed differently, a hint to the starred clues' answers
Universal Crossword · May 27, 2025
4%
CTRLS
PC shortcut employed when creating a draft
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 22, 2025
4%
LADTOSEEYOU
Intercom message when a young boy arrives at the office?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 11, 2025
4%
BLINDSPOT
Driver's concern when merging
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 6, 2025
4%
RAILPASS
*Purchase when planning a train tour
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 28, 2025
4%
MATE
Word you don't want to hear when playing chess
Universal Crossword · Apr 27, 2025
4%
GRATER
Gadget that a waiter may use until you say "when"
Universal Crossword · Apr 26, 2025
4%
CHOKE
Fail when it matters most
Universal Crossword · Apr 24, 2025
4%
GETITOFF
Squeal when a bug lands in one's hair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 24, 2025
4%
TENSESUP
Stiffens ... or, when parsed differently, what the answers to the starred clues collectively have?
Universal Crossword · Apr 17, 2025
4%
ONCE
Way back when
Universal Crossword · Apr 14, 2025
4%
JOINHANDS
Instruction before a group prayer, or, when parsed differently, an apt description of what 18-, 24-, 51-, and 59-Across do
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 3, 2025
4%
JUSTBROWSING
"Only window shopping," and what one might say when using the starts of 20-, 31-, and 46-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 31, 2025
4%
RATIO
Consideration when halving or doubling a recipe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2025
4%
QANDA
Time when audiences are engaged, briefly
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 22, 2025
4%
ILLBEHERE
"Come find me when you're ready"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 20, 2025
4%
THERESNOIINTEAM
"Think of the other players when you're on the field!"
Universal Crossword · Mar 18, 2025
4%
EREMATTRESSES
Time when everyone woke up achy and sore?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 14, 2025
4%
ILLTAKEONE
Possible response when offered a breath mint
Universal Crossword · Mar 9, 2025
4%
WORD
Scrabble play, or, when parsed in three parts, a hint to the switch featured in this puzzle's longest answers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 9, 2025
4%
DRUMSOLOS
Stretches of concerts when the hits keep coming?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 8, 2025
4%
WELCOMETOMY
With 59-Across, what one might say when entering the starts of 16-, 24-, and 38-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 3, 2025
4%
NOTONMYWATCH
Response to someone saying "It's 3:00" when you can see it's 4:00?
Universal Crossword · Feb 24, 2025
4%
MAKECONCESSIONS
Compromise, or what solvers do when filling in the first words of 17-, 23-, 40-, and 51-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 20, 2025
4%
BROW
One might be raised in skepticism
Universal Crossword · Feb 16, 2025
4%
HOMESECURITYSYSTEM
What the Reds had when Johnny Bench was behind the plate?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 16, 2025
4%
DARNGOOD
*The seamster said that when it comes to patching a hole, you must know how to ...
Universal Crossword · Feb 13, 2025
4%
MERGEAHEAD
"Road narrows" sign, or when read as three words, an apt description of what 17-, 26-, and 43-Across do
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 4, 2025
4%
LINE
What to say when one doesn't know what to say?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 25, 2025
4%
THATSAFIRST
"Just when I thought I'd seen everything!" (In this answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 4 letters)
Universal Crossword · Jan 20, 2025
4%
WORKINGMYWAYBACKTOU
What I am doing when spelling out six long answers in this puzzle?
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jan 12, 2025
4%
RABBITHOLE
What someone may go down when searching the internet
Universal Crossword · Jan 11, 2025
4%
BIGPOPPA
1994 hit whose title is rapped after "I love it when you call me"
Universal Crossword · Jan 4, 2025
4%
PAT
Touch gently, when read forward or backward
Universal Crossword · Dec 30, 2024
4%
BRAGGINGRIGHTS
Winner's privilege ... or the ends of 15-, 30-, 37- and 46-Across, when read in order?
Universal Crossword · Dec 30, 2024
4%
ARE
"We cannot all succeed when half of us ___ held back" (Malala Yousafzai)
Universal Crossword · Dec 24, 2024
4%
BADMOODS
States you might be in when saying 24-Across
Universal Crossword · Dec 23, 2024
4%
BISON
Answer to the joke, "What did the buffalo say when his boy left for college?"
Universal Crossword · Dec 18, 2024
4%
FIST
A raised one symbolizes resistance
Universal Crossword · Dec 18, 2024
4%
AGAMEOFHORNETS
What’s being played when Charlotte’s NBA team is on the court?
Premier Sunday Crossword · Dec 8, 2024
4%
AREYOUOKAY
Question when checking on a friend ... or a hint to two pairs of letters in 17-, 30- or 43-Across
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2024
4%
NINETEEN
Age of the Marquis de Lafayette when he became a major general
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2024
4%
THE
Word typically ignored when alphabetizing
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 1, 2024
4%
LIONCUB
Simba, when lifted up by Rafiki
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 28, 2024
4%
TEAKETTLE
It whistles when it's ready for English breakfast (In this answer, see letters 1-4)
Universal Crossword · Nov 25, 2024
4%
UNTIL
Up to the time when
Universal Crossword · Nov 20, 2024
4%
SANDBOX
Where a kid might build a castle ... or when parsed differently, a hint to the starred clues' answers
Universal Crossword · Nov 19, 2024
4%
NUDESCENES
Occasions when an actor bares it all
Universal Crossword · Nov 16, 2024
4%
XENON
Gas that lowers your voice when inhaled
Universal Crossword · Nov 11, 2024
4%
BOSS
A solitaire window may be minimized when one walks by
Universal Crossword · Nov 10, 2024
4%
DIVININGMOMENT
Instant when something is perceived intuitively?
Premier Sunday Crossword · Nov 3, 2024
4%
HERE
Word said when pointing to a map
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 3, 2024
4%
CAPEVERDE
"What would you wear, say, when spending St. Patrick's Day in Madrid?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 27, 2024
4%
TENETS
Core principles ... and when parsed differently, what you'll find across all of the answers to the starred clues
Universal Crossword · Oct 22, 2024
4%
WHATAREWE
Question asked when defining a relationship
Universal Crossword · Oct 12, 2024
4%
IRONAGE
*Toolmaking period when bronze was replaced with steel
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 8, 2024
4%
YMCA
Where to go "when you're short on your dough," per a disco classic
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 28, 2024
4%
ELIDE
Omit when pronouncing
Universal Crossword · Sep 3, 2024
4%
PHOTOSHOP
Adobe graphics editor ... or when parsed differently, a hint to this puzzle's theme
Universal Crossword · Aug 30, 2024
4%
DAM
Punchline to "What did the fish say when it hit a cement wall?"
Universal Crossword · Aug 21, 2024
4%
IMOUT
Phrase when folding
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Aug 19, 2024
4%
CREDITCARDS
They're often charged when checking out (... letters 5-11)
Universal Crossword · Aug 15, 2024
4%
REPAIRPERSON
Mechanic, e.g. ... and when parsed differently, a description of 20-, 31- or 48-Across
Universal Crossword · Aug 6, 2024
4%
ADAM
He raised Cain
Universal Crossword · Jul 27, 2024
4%
THEPRISRIGHT
Exclamation when a product lives up to the hype?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 26, 2024
4%
CRISISMODE
State entered when trying to prevent catastrophe
Universal Crossword · Jul 20, 2024
4%
SPARKPLUG
Presentation on how to generate chemistry when matchmaking?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 18, 2024
4%
OPENNET
Situation when the goalie is away
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jul 14, 2024
4%
OFFDAYS
Times when you're not doing so hot
Universal Crossword · Jul 11, 2024
4%
ATHENS
Capital of Greece ... and when parsed differently, a hint to the starred clues' answers
Universal Crossword · Jul 8, 2024
4%
CARSEAT
Child holder when traveling
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jul 5, 2024
4%
HASAGOAT
Attempts ... or, when read differently, contains a sports legend?
Universal Crossword · Jul 5, 2024
4%
CHIN
Something to keep up when you're down
Universal Crossword · Jul 4, 2024
4%
MALALAYOUSAFZAI
Education activist and Nobel laureate who said, "We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back"
Universal Crossword · Jun 27, 2024
4%
INSIDECLOTHES
What you might put on when you get home
Universal Crossword · Jun 25, 2024
4%
WHATSTODAYSDATE
Question of when
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 8, 2024
4%
LISP
Struggle with "s" sounds when speaking
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 20, 2024
4%
MIDDLECSPAN
*Bridge that plays a familiar note when crossed?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 10, 2024
4%
THOU
You, way back when?
Universal Crossword · May 8, 2024
4%
TRASHPANDA
Humorous nickname for a raccoon ... or when parsed differently, a hint to understanding the starred clues' answers
Universal Crossword · Apr 26, 2024
4%
ABS
They look good when they're ripped
Universal Crossword · Apr 25, 2024
4%
EOS
Greek goddess who becomes a god when "r" is added to her name
Universal Crossword · Apr 19, 2024
4%
SNORE
[Wake me when it's over]
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 4, 2024
4%
ARLO
It becomes another name when bookended by "C" and "S"
Universal Crossword · Mar 30, 2024
4%
ELON
It becomes another name when "L" is moved to its front
Universal Crossword · Mar 29, 2024
1%
TYPOS
Key mistakes?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 6, 2026
1%
THEE
"Beautiful Mistakes" rapper Megan __ Stallion
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 31, 2026
1%
ERROR
One of several mistakes in a Shakespeare comedy?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 23, 2026
1%
WERE
"Mistakes ___ made"
Universal Crossword · Mar 20, 2026
1%
OXCHEEK
*Beef cut that may be braised
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 22, 2026
1%
ALA
Boeuf __ mode: French dish of wine-braised beef
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 4, 2025
1%
RATED
Appraised
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Apr 7, 2025
1%
LAUDED
Praised
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Feb 6, 2025
1%
ERR
Make mistakes
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jan 14, 2025
1%
ERRS
Makes mistakes
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Dec 17, 2024
1%
ERRED
Made mistakes
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Dec 13, 2024
1%
COMMENDED
Praised
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Nov 7, 2024
1%
ERRATA
List of editorial mistakes
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 22, 2024
1%
CARNITAS
Braised pork sometimes served with elote
Universal Crossword · Sep 14, 2024
1%
POKERTABLE
Where many high-stakes calls are made
Universal Crossword · Jul 7, 2024
1%
GRASSFED
Pasture-raised
Universal Crossword · Jun 10, 2024
1%
SLIPS
Minor mistakes
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 3, 2024
1%
SLIP
With 67-Down, mistakes
Premier Sunday Crossword · May 26, 2024
1%
EATINGCROW
Admitting one's mistakes
Universal Crossword · Apr 20, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many possible solutions does "It collapses when the stakes are raised" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 182 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is TENT (4 letters).
What is the best answer for "It collapses when the stakes are raised"?
The best answer for "It collapses when the stakes are raised" is TENT with 4 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "It collapses when the stakes are raised" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in Universal Crossword. It was last seen in the Universal Crossword on May 27, 2023.
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