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They become empty when children leave

Last seen in Universal Crossword January 2, 2024 Answers

"They become empty when children leave" is a crossword clue we last spotted in the Universal Crossword puzzle on January 2, 2024. We have 190 possible answers in our records from crosswords published across multiple sources. The leading solution is NESTS with 5 letters and a 99% confidence score, making it the most likely correct answer.

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190 Other Potential Answers

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NESTS
They become empty when children leave
Universal Crossword · Jan 2, 2024
5%
BADVIBES
They might make someone leave a party early
Universal Crossword · Mar 28, 2026
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HOMERS
They usually leave the park
Universal Crossword · Oct 7, 2025
5%
LAPS
They disappear when people stand
Universal Crossword · Jul 12, 2025
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DASHLIGHTS
When they turn on, it is time to see a mechanic
Universal Crossword · Jun 27, 2025
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DAD
"When does a joke become a ___ joke? When it becomes apparent!"
Universal Crossword · Feb 16, 2025
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OOF
"That'll leave a mark!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2026
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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
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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
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SMOCK
Recommended garment when using glitter glue
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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FINEART
Reply when Mr. Garfunkel asks how everyone is doing?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
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ELECTRICITYBILL
Reply when Mr. Nye asks why there are so many wind turbines?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
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COOLCAT
Reply when Ms. Deeley mentions her new TV gig?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
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DITTOMARK
Reply when Mr. Hamill says, "May the Force be with you"?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
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SELLOUTS
Performances with no empty seats
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 3, 2026
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OKGO
"You can leave now"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 2, 2026
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NEWDAD
One on parental leave, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 31, 2026
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ROMEOROMEO
Juliet's response when her love asks what city is as eternal as their bond?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
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UTILEUTILE
Helpful draw when trying to play a Q word in Scrabble?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
3%
DOORSTEP
Dance move performed when entering a room?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 9, 2026
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READONLYFILE
Reminder on a collection that can't leave a 52-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 8, 2026
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TAY
Swift, to Swifties, when doubled
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 22, 2026
3%
MARGARETMEAD
Anthropologist who theorized that children learn by watching adults
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 21, 2026
3%
NOANSWER
"I'll just leave a message"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 21, 2026
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STAYS
Doesn't leave
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 16, 2026
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NOON
Time when shadows are shortest
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 30, 2026
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ENDUP
Eventually become
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 10, 2026
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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
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GAIN
Choice when the Tide runs out?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2026
3%
LETEM
"Who cares if they do"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 26, 2026
3%
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
3%
LETSPLAYITBYEAR
"We'll cross that bridge when we get there"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
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OLDCHUM
Buddy from way back when
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 9, 2026
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INITIALPHASE
(Letters 6-10 of this answer) testing, when checking software
Universal Crossword · Apr 6, 2026
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SHOUT
Holler, or when parsed differently, an alternate title for this puzzle
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 5, 2026
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AREWEDONE
"Can I leave now?"
Universal Crossword · Apr 3, 2026
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BEE
One goes "zzub" when flying backward, in a joke
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
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OUGHT
"Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ___ to have it." (Langston Hughes)
Universal Crossword · Mar 30, 2026
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QUARRY
Industrial site that may become a swimming spot
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 24, 2026
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SHE
___/they pronouns
Universal Crossword · Mar 21, 2026
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CARSTEREOS
What people connect their phones to when they're "on aux"
Universal Crossword · Mar 17, 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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SLUR
Miss a few letters when speaking
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 15, 2026
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SNOW
Flakes when it's cold outside
Universal Crossword · Mar 12, 2026
3%
MISSPEAK
Reply "You, too" when wished "Happy Birthday," probably
Universal Crossword · Mar 9, 2026
3%
WOW
"How did they do that!?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 15, 2026
3%
NORMIEMEME
Viral piece of content that has become too mainstream
Universal Crossword · Feb 14, 2026
3%
COMEOUTEVENING
Night when one leaves the closet?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 13, 2026
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ECHO
Sound in an empty room
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 1, 2026
3%
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
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KNEES
Joints used when cycling
Universal Crossword · Jan 29, 2026
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ELSE
Word after "who," "when," "where," "what" or "why"
Universal Crossword · Jan 20, 2026
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ARE
It goes by "they"
Universal Crossword · Jan 19, 2026
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YOYOS
They're wound up before they sleep!
Universal Crossword · Jan 16, 2026
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APR
Mo. when CPAs work overtime
Universal Crossword · Jan 5, 2026
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CONFUSIONRESTAURANT
Bistro where diners rarely get what they order?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 4, 2026
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OMIT
Conveniently leave out, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 4, 2026
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SLEEPERCAR
Where you might move when you retire?
Universal Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
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LET
___ the chips fall where they may
Universal Crossword · Dec 26, 2025
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WHEREON
“Infected be the air __ they ride”: Macbeth
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 21, 2025
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ISITJUSTME
Say your parents had three children, two of which are named April and May. Who could the third be?
Universal Crossword · Dec 18, 2025
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WHEREWEREWE
*"At what place did I leave off?" (Second)
Universal Crossword · Dec 17, 2025
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ISTHATYOU
Question when trying to recognize someone
Universal Crossword · Dec 13, 2025
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EMPTYNEST
What's left when kids go to college
Universal Crossword · Dec 11, 2025
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MIXINGBOWLS
Places where ingredients become one ... and what the scrambled first words of 17-, 33- and 39-Across are doing?
Universal Crossword · Dec 1, 2025
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CONVERSIONFACTOR
Consideration when switching religions?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 23, 2025
3%
DOSA
Pancake that becomes a drink when its first and third letters are switched
Universal Crossword · Nov 20, 2025
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ETA
Best guess as to when, initially
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 19, 2025
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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
3%
ANIL
Name that becomes a world capital when bookended by "M" and "A"
Universal Crossword · Nov 9, 2025
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GETAROOM
Comment when things are heating up
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 8, 2025
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OVENMITT
Protection when things are heating up
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 8, 2025
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SWAMI
Hindu title that becomes a sentence when its last letter is made first
Universal Crossword · Nov 6, 2025
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MADESURE
Didn't leave to chance
Universal Crossword · Nov 5, 2025
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STRAY
Animal that may become a rescue pet
Universal Crossword · Nov 2, 2025
3%
VILLAINERA
Phase when one stops being a pushover
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 1, 2025
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HELISKIERS
They take a flight before they schuss
Universal Crossword · Oct 31, 2025
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FORRENT
Landlord's sign on an empty property
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 27, 2025
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INEEDYOU
"Don't leave me"
Universal Crossword · Oct 26, 2025
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STAYHERE
"Don't leave!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 24, 2025
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BOOP
Silly sound made when touching a dog's nose
Universal Crossword · Oct 20, 2025
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SECOND
Like the middle of three children
Universal Crossword · Oct 13, 2025
3%
AHA
Cry when something clicks
Universal Crossword · Oct 11, 2025
3%
SALTYLANGUAGE
Sailor's foul words ... or 17-, 24-, 54- and 64-Across, based on four letters they all contain?
Universal Crossword · Oct 6, 2025
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WONTON
Chinese dumpling that's best when crispy, in my opinion
Universal Crossword · Sep 14, 2025
3%
OMAR
Name that becomes a tomato type when its last letter is moved to the front
Universal Crossword · Sep 12, 2025
3%
ENERO
Month when it's not chilly in Chile
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 12, 2025
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KIDDIEPOOL
Cue sport for children?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 10, 2025
3%
WELCOMESILVERBACK
*Primate habitat banner when the zoo acquires a new gorilla?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 7, 2025
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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
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OLD
"I was today years __ when ... "
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2025
3%
PETERPAN
Neverland boy who befriends the Darling children
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 19, 2025
3%
GLASSOFMILK
Drink that might leave a mustache
Universal Crossword · Aug 18, 2025
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ISPEPSIOKAY
Server's question when there's no Coke
Universal Crossword · Aug 16, 2025
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SUFFIX
Less, when added?
Universal Crossword · Aug 11, 2025
3%
TABLEFORONE
Request when dining solo
Universal Crossword · Aug 3, 2025
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TEXT
"___ me when you get home!"
Universal Crossword · Aug 3, 2025
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TIMER
One may buzz when it hits 0
Universal Crossword · Jul 31, 2025
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AGE
19, for Adele, when her album "19" came out
Universal Crossword · Jul 28, 2025
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FIRSTIMPRESSION
Opinion formed when shaking hands, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 21, 2025
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UVINDEX
You might apply extra sunscreen when it's high
Universal Crossword · Jul 13, 2025
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CHARGE
What electric cars do when plugged in
Universal Crossword · Jul 12, 2025
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STAIN
Tomato sauce may leave one on a shirt
Universal Crossword · Jul 6, 2025
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ANTS
Insects that can become "zombies"
Universal Crossword · Jul 5, 2025
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EOCENE
Epoch when mammals arose
Universal Crossword · Jul 2, 2025
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ONSTANDBY
Ready when needed
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 24, 2025
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AMY
Name that becomes a month when its first two letters are swapped
Universal Crossword · Jun 21, 2025
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ELECT
Word that becomes a synonym when "s" is added to the front
Universal Crossword · Jun 15, 2025
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OMW
"Don't leave without me" text
Universal Crossword · Jun 8, 2025
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SONS
Certain children
Universal Crossword · Jun 1, 2025
3%
LBOMB
Word dropped when things are getting serious, informally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2025
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RANDR
Shore leave, informally
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 30, 2025
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MISPLAYED
Made a wrong move, say ... or when parsed differently, a hint to the starred clues' answers
Universal Crossword · May 27, 2025
3%
ONEDAYATATIME
"Relax and take things as they come"
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 27, 2025
3%
CTRLS
PC shortcut employed when creating a draft
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 22, 2025
3%
GREMLINS
Movie creatures that multiply if they get wet
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 20, 2025
3%
RATEDR
Not for children
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 12, 2025
3%
LADTOSEEYOU
Intercom message when a young boy arrives at the office?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 11, 2025
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BLINDSPOT
Driver's concern when merging
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 6, 2025
3%
RAILPASS
*Purchase when planning a train tour
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 28, 2025
3%
ORSOIHEAR
"At least that's what they say"
Universal Crossword · Apr 27, 2025
3%
MATE
Word you don't want to hear when playing chess
Universal Crossword · Apr 27, 2025
3%
GRATER
Gadget that a waiter may use until you say "when"
Universal Crossword · Apr 26, 2025
3%
CHOKE
Fail when it matters most
Universal Crossword · Apr 24, 2025
3%
GETITOFF
Squeal when a bug lands in one's hair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 24, 2025
3%
TENSESUP
Stiffens ... or, when parsed differently, what the answers to the starred clues collectively have?
Universal Crossword · Apr 17, 2025
3%
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
3%
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
3%
RATIO
Consideration when halving or doubling a recipe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2025
3%
MESS
What a toddler might leave behind
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 26, 2025
3%
QANDA
Time when audiences are engaged, briefly
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 22, 2025
3%
SAY
"That's what they ___"
Universal Crossword · Mar 20, 2025
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ILLBEHERE
"Come find me when you're ready"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 20, 2025
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THERESNOIINTEAM
"Think of the other players when you're on the field!"
Universal Crossword · Mar 18, 2025
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EREMATTRESSES
Time when everyone woke up achy and sore?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 14, 2025
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STAYSPUT
Doesn’t leave
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Mar 12, 2025
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HASTE
Waste maker, they say
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Mar 10, 2025
3%
ILLTAKEONE
Possible response when offered a breath mint
Universal Crossword · Mar 9, 2025
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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
3%
DRUMSOLOS
Stretches of concerts when the hits keep coming?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 8, 2025
3%
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
3%
SHOWPONY
*Performer who isn't as talented as they appear to be
Universal Crossword · Feb 28, 2025
3%
NOTONMYWATCH
Response to someone saying "It's 3:00" when you can see it's 4:00?
Universal Crossword · Feb 24, 2025
3%
MOREDOWERTOYOU
“May Hubby leave a greater inheritance than expected!”
Premier Sunday Crossword · Feb 23, 2025
3%
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
3%
HOMESECURITYSYSTEM
What the Reds had when Johnny Bench was behind the plate?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 16, 2025
1%
GREENS
Salad leaves
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 17, 2026
1%
PETE
"__ the Cat": children's book series
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 11, 2026
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ELM
Shade tree with serrated leaves
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 4, 2026
1%
CAMEUPDRY
Left empty-handed, in a way
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 27, 2026
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AEIOU
Quintet that occasionally becomes a sextet
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 21, 2026
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OUCH
Reply to "I'm sure they'll be fine without you," perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 12, 2026
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BREAD
Dough, or what dough becomes
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 18, 2026
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JACOBS
___ ladder (children's toy)
Universal Crossword · Apr 14, 2026
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ELMS
Shade trees with oval leaves
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 13, 2026
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VELCRO
Means of securing many children's shoes
Universal Crossword · Mar 23, 2026
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RAKES
Gathers fallen leaves
Universal Crossword · Mar 23, 2026
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CLOWNS
Some children's party performers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 15, 2026
1%
TRUMPET
"Listen to My ___!" (children's book about a brass instrument)
Universal Crossword · Mar 2, 2026
1%
EPA
Govt. org. whose logo is a two-leaved flower
Universal Crossword · Feb 24, 2026
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TAROT
Tea leaves' alternative
Universal Crossword · Feb 23, 2026
1%
YODA
Jedi who becomes a Force ghost in "Return of the Jedi"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 22, 2026
1%
BLUESCLUES
Children's show whose title character leaves paw-print hints, and what 18-, 23-, 36-, and 52-Across have in common
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 5, 2026
1%
SLEEPERHIT
Film that flops but then becomes popular, e.g.
Universal Crossword · Nov 29, 2025
1%
TABLEREAD
Way of checking lines after they're cast?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 29, 2025
1%
SEUSSIAN
Like a children's Dr.
Universal Crossword · Nov 26, 2025
1%
GINKGO
Tree with fan-shaped leaves
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 31, 2025
1%
YUCCA
Flowering desert plant with swordlike leaves
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 30, 2025
1%
ALOE
Flowering desert plant with fleshy leaves
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 30, 2025
1%
MILES
Morales who becomes Spider-Man in the "Spider-Verse" films
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 27, 2025
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ONCE
Start of a children's story
Universal Crossword · Oct 23, 2025
1%
TVDAD
Ward Cleaver or Mike Brady
Universal Crossword · Oct 22, 2025
1%
ASIS
Take-it-or-leave-it condition
Universal Crossword · Oct 18, 2025
1%
WEHAVEABADCONNECTION
"Our next flight leaves 10 minutes after we land!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 21, 2025
1%
THERACEISON
"And they're off!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 20, 2025
1%
YELLOWSUBMARINE
1966 Beatles hit written as a children's song
Universal Crossword · Sep 16, 2025
1%
SALEM
Massachusetts city that becomes a tourist hot spot in October
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 8, 2025
1%
HOSTAS
Shade-loving plants with broad leaves
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 24, 2025
1%
COCOMELON
Popular children's YouTube channel
Universal Crossword · Aug 23, 2025
1%
PUN
"I don't trust stairs because they're always up to something," e.g.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 24, 2025
1%
TOOTHFAIRY
Visitor who leaves money under a kid's pillow
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 18, 2025
1%
BEAV
Wally Cleaver's little brother, for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 14, 2025
1%
HOSTA
Shade-tolerant plant with broad leaves
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 24, 2025
1%
LUAU
Affair with ti leaves
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 18, 2025
1%
ENDSUP
Ultimately becomes
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 15, 2025
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GILDS
Covers in shiny leaves
Universal Crossword · Apr 20, 2025
1%
THATCH
Use leaves for eaves, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 19, 2025
1%
FOLIATE
Decorated with leaves
Premier Sunday Crossword · Mar 16, 2025
1%
RAGEQUITS
Angrily leaves a "Fortnite" session, e.g.
Universal Crossword · Mar 9, 2025

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How many possible solutions does "They become empty when children leave" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 190 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is NESTS (5 letters).
What is the best answer for "They become empty when children leave"?
The best answer for "They become empty when children leave" is NESTS with 5 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "They become empty when children leave" been used as a crossword clue?
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