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Like a chimney needing sweeping

Last seen in LA Times Daily Crossword August 12, 2019 Answers

The crossword puzzle clue "Like a chimney needing sweeping" has 177 known solutions in our database. Featured most recently in the LA Times Daily Crossword puzzle on August 12, 2019, the highest-ranked answer is SOOTY (5 letters) with 99% confidence. We compile solutions from major crossword publications to ensure accuracy.

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177 Other Potential Answers

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SOOTY
Like a chimney needing sweeping
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 12, 2019
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SLITHER
Move like a snake
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 23, 2026
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RAISEDINABARN
Lacking all refinement, facetiously, or like the person described in 20-, 26-, 35-, and 44-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 22, 2026
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SOAR
Fly like a dragon
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 15, 2026
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ACTASIF
Make like
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 13, 2026
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MIMIC
Look a lot like
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 12, 2026
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SIDLES
Moves like a crab
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 7, 2026
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PURR
Sound like a 9-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 7, 2026
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THAT
"Don't be like __!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 4, 2026
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PECKAT
Eat like a bird?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 2, 2026
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PERFORMINGARTS
*Music, dance, drama, and the like
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 18, 2026
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BUCK
Move like a spooked horse, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 18, 2026
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BLACKJACK
Reply when Mr. Nicholson asks, "How do you like your coffee?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
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LOOKSGOOD
"I like it!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 12, 2026
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ASLEEP
Out like a light
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 12, 2026
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WHIR
Sound like a fan
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 29, 2026
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ROAR
Sound like fans
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 29, 2026
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OCULI
Windows shaped like 13-Downs
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 23, 2026
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DOGTOYS
Nylabones, squeak balls, and the like
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 20, 2026
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OVINE
Just like ewe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 16, 2026
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SARALEE
Frozen brand that "nobody doesn't like"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 15, 2026
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PBS
Network supported by "viewers like you"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 9, 2026
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TWEETS
Sounds like a bird
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 9, 2026
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WAG
Move like a happy pooch's tail
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 30, 2026
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SCATS
Sings like Ella Fitzgerald
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 25, 2026
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EMULATE
Try to be like
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 24, 2026
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ISH
"Kinda like that"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 22, 2026
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PLAN
"Sounds like a __!": "Works for me!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 8, 2026
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REDHEAD
One with hair like Little Orphan Annie
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 8, 2026
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OOZES
Moves like lava
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 7, 2026
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GNAWS
Chews like a beaver
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 5, 2026
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ADHERE
Stick like glue
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 28, 2026
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SHUN
Treat like a pariah
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 28, 2026
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HOBBITS
Tolkien characters who like to eat six meals a day
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 21, 2026
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RAPS
Sings like G-Dragon
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 12, 2026
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BAYED
Howled like a wolf
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 10, 2026
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MERRYGOROUND
Carnival ride with seats shaped like animals
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 27, 2026
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WOULDNT
"__ you like to know?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 24, 2026
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BOB
Float like a buoy
Universal Crossword · Apr 10, 2026
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FERTILE
Like good soil, but unlike most mules
Universal Crossword · Apr 8, 2026
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GNAW
Chew like a beaver
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 8, 2026
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IRESPECTIT
"Seems like a good reason to me"
Universal Crossword · Apr 5, 2026
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UPTOELEVEN
Past the usual maximum, like the volume on Spinal Tap's amps
Universal Crossword · Apr 5, 2026
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EVILGENIUS
One who might laugh like "Muah-ha-ha-haaa!"
Universal Crossword · Apr 4, 2026
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UNHOOK
Free, like a fish
Universal Crossword · Mar 27, 2026
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ABS
Some people like them ripped
Universal Crossword · Mar 25, 2026
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SWEETSAIL
"I like the cut of your jib!"?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 22, 2026
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SIDLE
Walk like a crab
Universal Crossword · Mar 16, 2026
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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
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ERR
Act like a human, proverbially
Universal Crossword · Mar 15, 2026
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CALVE
Make like whales and icebergs
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 15, 2026
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PREPPY
Dressed like an Eton student, maybe
Universal Crossword · Mar 10, 2026
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SNAP
"Just like that" sound
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 9, 2026
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IDBET
"That sounds like safe money"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 8, 2026
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ERUPT
Blow like a volcano
Universal Crossword · Mar 7, 2026
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OOZE
Move like molasses
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 5, 2026
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TEE
Shirt that sounds like a drink
Universal Crossword · Feb 28, 2026
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ANTE
Prefix that sounds like a female relative
Universal Crossword · Feb 24, 2026
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OTTO
Name that sounds like a car
Universal Crossword · Feb 18, 2026
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TAPS
Dances like Savion Glover
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 14, 2026
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CRAMSIN
Packs like sardines
Universal Crossword · Feb 13, 2026
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RAE
Surname that sounds like a sunbeam
Universal Crossword · Feb 13, 2026
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DART
Move like a water strider
Universal Crossword · Feb 12, 2026
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TWIRL
Spin, like a fork in spaghetti
Universal Crossword · Feb 10, 2026
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PILESUP
Accumulates, like snow or work
Universal Crossword · Feb 9, 2026
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TONE
"I don't like your ___!"
Universal Crossword · Feb 8, 2026
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FLIT
Move like a hummingbird
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 7, 2026
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ITS
"___ on like Donkey Kong!"
Universal Crossword · Feb 5, 2026
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ENDSLATE
Goes long, like a meeting
Universal Crossword · Feb 5, 2026
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NERDS
Candy that looks like aquarium gravel
Universal Crossword · Feb 5, 2026
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TOAD
Super Mario character who looks like a mushroom
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 4, 2026
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KNIT
Make, like a sweater
Universal Crossword · Feb 3, 2026
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BOAT
Craft sometimes shaped like a swan
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 1, 2026
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AMORE
"When the stars make you drool just like pasta fazool, that's ___"
Universal Crossword · Jan 31, 2026
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TAUT
Stretched like guitar strings
Universal Crossword · Jan 28, 2026
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ICET
Rapper whose name sounds like a beverage
Universal Crossword · Jan 28, 2026
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HORNE
"Taskmaster" creator Alex whose surname sounds like an instrument
Universal Crossword · Jan 24, 2026
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ILOVEYOUTUBE
"There's nothing like the feeling of posting a vlog!"?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 23, 2026
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PSI
Greek letter shaped like Poseidon's trident
Universal Crossword · Jan 22, 2026
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CHER
Pop diva whose name sounds like a stock purchase
Universal Crossword · Jan 19, 2026
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PURRED
Sounded like a happy cat
Universal Crossword · Jan 18, 2026
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ANAPOLIS
Brazilian city that sounds like Maryland's capital
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 18, 2026
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LETSDOIT
"Sounds like a plan to me!"
Universal Crossword · Jan 17, 2026
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MAKEMONEY
Turn a profit ... or what it sounds like the first two words of the starred clues' answers do?
Universal Crossword · Jan 16, 2026
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WIKIS
Websites like Brickipedia
Universal Crossword · Jan 15, 2026
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UNTAG
Remove ID from, like on Instagram
Universal Crossword · Jan 10, 2026
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WAIL
Make like a banshee
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 9, 2026
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ERIE
Lake that sounds like 16-Across
Universal Crossword · Jan 8, 2026
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BOUNDS
Moves like a fleeing deer
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 7, 2026
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ADAMS
Surname that sounds like molecule parts
Universal Crossword · Jan 3, 2026
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NOONECARES
"Sounds like a you problem"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 31, 2025
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LOOSE
About to come undone, like a knot
Universal Crossword · Dec 22, 2025
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ONASPREE
Spending like mad
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 22, 2025
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TON
"It hit me like a ___ of bricks!"
Universal Crossword · Dec 20, 2025
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RASP
Talk like the Godfather
Universal Crossword · Dec 19, 2025
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WANTSTO
Feels like it
Universal Crossword · Dec 17, 2025
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ELOPE
Get married like Romeo and Juliet
Universal Crossword · Dec 11, 2025
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YEW
Evergreen that sounds like a pronoun
Universal Crossword · Dec 10, 2025
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SAW
Tool that can be made to sound like a theremin
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 4, 2025
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PROWL
Hunt like a cat
Universal Crossword · Dec 3, 2025
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SWOOPS
Dives like a hawk
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 3, 2025
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THUMB
Stick out like a sore __
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 3, 2025
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FUN
"Sounds like a good time!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 1, 2025
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MOIRAROSE
"Schitt's Creek" character who tells her son to "stop acting like a disgruntled pelican"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 29, 2025
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ROOT
Dig like a pig
Universal Crossword · Nov 27, 2025
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BEDAZZLES
Fancifies, like a '90s kid might
Universal Crossword · Nov 22, 2025
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ONME
"Looks like the joke's __"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 18, 2025
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HOP
Move like a hare
Universal Crossword · Nov 17, 2025
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LASTBUTNOTLEAST
Words before the final item ... or like the second number in 17-, 23-, 34- or 44-Across
Universal Crossword · Nov 17, 2025
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GETSDOWN
Dances like no one's watching
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 16, 2025
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RIBBING
**Talking like a frog prince
Universal Crossword · Nov 14, 2025
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GLIDE
Fly like a well-crafted paper airplane
Universal Crossword · Nov 9, 2025
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COIL
Wind like a snake
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 9, 2025
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WOLF
*Move like a river
Universal Crossword · Nov 7, 2025
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CAWED
Spoke like a crow
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 5, 2025
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IPAS
Beers like Smooth Hoperator, briefly
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 4, 2025
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ICEE
Drink that sounds like 25-Down
Universal Crossword · Nov 3, 2025
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STUPIDCUPID
Classic Connie Francis song with the line "I'd like to clip your wings so you can't fly"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 3, 2025
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ARROW
"Time flies like an ___; fruit flies like a banana"
Universal Crossword · Nov 2, 2025
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YOUNGATHEART
Feeling like age is just a number, and an apt description of 18-, 25-, 40-, and 53-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 21, 2025
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SEDGE
Grasslike plant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 24, 2026
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EYETOEYE
*How like-minded people see, or a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 23, 2026
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TAPIRS
Piglike herbivores
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 19, 2026
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CLASSICROCK
Radio format likely to appeal to baby boomers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 15, 2026
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GOSHNO
"Gee, that seems unlikely"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2026
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ALONE
Hermitlike
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 5, 2026
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OTHER
Unlike the rest
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2026
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GRUB
Wormlike larva
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 23, 2026
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ANISE
Licoricelike herb
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 20, 2026
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ASTERS
Daisylike flowers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 26, 2026
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RHYME
Sound alike
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 22, 2026
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ODDSARE
"Most likely ... "
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 12, 2026
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ORZO
Ricelike pasta
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 12, 2026
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TAME
Unlikely to get out of hand
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 23, 2026
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ELS
Unlikely pair?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 28, 2026
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GEE
"__ willikers!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 28, 2026
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ABR
Unlike the OED
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 28, 2026
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GOOS
Honeylike substances
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 24, 2026
1%
SETAE
Bristlelike grippers on gecko feet
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2026
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EEL
Snakelike fish
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 27, 2026
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ORIOLE
Bird that weaves pouchlike hanging nests
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 18, 2026
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AVIAN
Birdlike
Universal Crossword · Apr 17, 2026
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SLOE
Blueberrylike fruit
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 12, 2026
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SIMILAR
A lot alike
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 9, 2026
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IDLER
One unlikely to have long to-do lists
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2026
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ORC
Goblinlike creature
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 17, 2026
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CTR
Basketball player who likely has the most blocks on the team: Abbr.
Universal Crossword · Mar 14, 2026
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CONGALINE
*Snakelike group dance
Universal Crossword · Mar 2, 2026
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DEEPSLEEPER
Someone unlikely to be disturbed by a spouse's snoring
Universal Crossword · Feb 22, 2026
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PUKASHELL
Beadlike piece on a Hawaiian necklace
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 22, 2026
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RATEDR
Unlike a kids' movie
Universal Crossword · Feb 21, 2026
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ALTAR
Unlikely place for one with cold feet
Universal Crossword · Feb 13, 2026
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RHO
P-like Greek letter
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 10, 2026
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ARO
Unlikely to develop a crush, for short
Universal Crossword · Feb 8, 2026
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SAFARIPARK
Zoolike attraction
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 2, 2026
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ARID
Desertlike
Universal Crossword · Jan 30, 2026
1%
TANSY
Buttonlike flower
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 29, 2026
1%
STOAT
Weasellike critter
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 21, 2026
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HATRED
Strong dislike
Universal Crossword · Jan 19, 2026
1%
NOSIER
More likely to pry
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 16, 2026
1%
PARKINGSPOT
Hard-to-find opening on street-sweeping days
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 8, 2026
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EELS
Snakelike swimmers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 22, 2025
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TIMID
Unlikely to break the ice
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 16, 2025
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INSEAMS
Pants measurements that likely correlate with comfort on an airplane
Universal Crossword · Dec 13, 2025
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SHORTCAKE
Dessert with a sconelike texture
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 12, 2025
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MODEST
Unlikely to boast
Universal Crossword · Dec 10, 2025
1%
LUTE
Guitarlike instrument
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 30, 2025
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AMI
Friend who likely celebrates Bastille Day
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 26, 2025
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GOODGRAVY
"Gee willikers!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 24, 2025
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ITSABIGIF
"That seems pretty unlikely to happen"
Universal Crossword · Nov 23, 2025
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LATERISER
Person unlikely to take an 8 a.m. class
Universal Crossword · Nov 15, 2025
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APIA
Capital of the country that 14-Acrosses are likely named after
Universal Crossword · Nov 12, 2025
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KOSHER
Unlike shellfish, per Jewish law
Universal Crossword · Nov 11, 2025
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SURREAL
Dreamlike
Universal Crossword · Nov 4, 2025
1%
ANEMONE
Flowerlike sea creature
Universal Crossword · Nov 3, 2025
1%
YUCCA
Flowering desert plant with swordlike leaves
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 30, 2025
1%
IBET
"A likely story!"
Universal Crossword · Oct 24, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many possible solutions does "Like a chimney needing sweeping" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 177 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is SOOTY (5 letters).
What is the best answer for "Like a chimney needing sweeping"?
The best answer for "Like a chimney needing sweeping" is SOOTY with 5 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "Like a chimney needing sweeping" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in LA Times Daily Crossword. It was last seen in the LA Times Daily Crossword on August 12, 2019.
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