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This clue has been rated as VERY COMMON
We've rated Can as VERY COMMON as it is a very popular clue with cruciverbalists.

25 November 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Quick Crossword

We found 79 answers for the crossword clue 'Can', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.

We have given Can a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Can as an answer itself some 351 times.

Can is a single word clue made up of 3 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Quick Crossword' on Thursday, 11 November 2021 with the answer being TIN, we also found TIN to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

Definitions and usage

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  • Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
  • A room or building equipped with one or more toilets
  • A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
  • A buoy with a round bottom and conical top
  • Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
  • Preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
  • The quantity contained in a can
  • The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

ASS
Hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse

AXE
Chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"

BUM
A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"

LAV
A room or building equipped with one or more toilets

MAY
Thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America

PEN
Female swan

POT
A container in which plants are cultivated

TIN
Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour

4 Letters

ARSE
Vulgar slang for anus

BUNS
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

BUTT
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

DUMP
A place where supplies can be stored; "an ammunition dump"

FIRE
The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"

HEAD
Oral stimulation of the genitals; "they say he gives good head"

JOHN
A room or building equipped with one or more toilets

JUNK
Any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails

POKY
A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

PRAT
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

REAR
The side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

RUMP
The part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks

SACK
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

SEAT
Furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests"

TAIL
The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

TUSH
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

5 Letters

CLINK
A short light metallic sound

FANNY
External female sex organs; "in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals"

LETGO
Release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"

NATES
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

POKEY
A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

POTTY
A receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom

PRIVY
A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate

PUTUP
Propose as a candidate for some honor

STERN
Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"

STOOL
A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

6 Letters

BEHIND
In debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills"

BOTTOM
Come to understand

CANFUL
The quantity contained in a can

COOLER
A cell for violent prisoners

LAYOFF
The act of laying off an employee or a work force

LET GO

LOCKUP
Jail in a local police station

PRISON
A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment

THRONE
A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

TINCAN
Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

TOILET
The act of dressing and preparing yourself; "he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast"

TUSHIE

7 Letters

CANBUOY
A buoy with a round bottom and conical top

COMMODE
A tall elegant chest of drawers

CRAPPER
A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

DEEPSIX

DISMISS
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

HINDEND
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

KEISTER
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

REAREND
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

TAILEND
The time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"

TOOSHIE
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

8 Letters

BACKSIDE
The side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"

BATHROOM
A room or building equipped with one or more toilets

BUTTOCKS
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

DERRIERE
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

DISPLACE
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

FORCEOUT
A putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base; "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force"

HOOSEGOW
Slang for a jail

LAVATORY
A toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it

PRESERVE
Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

SENDAWAY
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

9 Letters

CONTAINER
Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

DISCHARGE
The act of discharging a gun

FUNDAMENT
Lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

POSTERIOR
A tooth situated at the back of the mouth

TERMINATE
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

10 Letters

GIVENOTICE
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

GIVETHEAXE
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

11 Letters

GIVETHESACK
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

12 Letters

HINDQUARTERS
The part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks

14 Letters

FIREANEMPLOYEE

HASTHECAPACITY

15 Letters

CONTAINEROFSOUP

CONTAINEROFTUNA

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