Centre
Crossword Clue & Answers

26 November 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Easy Crossword

We found 30 answers for the crossword clue 'Centre', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Easy Crossword.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given Centre 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 Centre as an answer itself some 115 times.

Centre is a single word clue made up of 6 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Easy Crossword' on Monday, 22 November 2021 with the answer being HUB, but the most popular answer for this clue is HEART.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 22 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 27 Oct 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 30 Aug 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 16 Aug 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 24 Jun 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 4 Jun 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 15 Apr 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 31 Mar 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 25 Mar 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 24 Mar 2021

Definitions and usage

Before we get to our crossword answers for 'Centre', take a look at the definitions and example uses below, sometimes these help you think of different words or phrases that are common to 'Centre' and give you a hint.

• A building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
• A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
• The object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party"
• The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
• The sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
• A place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"
• An area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
• A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
• Move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"
• A low-lying region in central France
• Direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

Anagrams

We found 3 anagrams for the word 'Centre'.

• center A position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
• recent Approximately the last 10,000 years
• tenrec Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

EYE
A small hole or loop (as in a needle); "the thread wouldn't go through the eye"

HUB
The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes

NUB
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

SUM
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

4 Letters

CORE
(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories; "each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit"

CRUX
A small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus

GIST
The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

MEAT
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

PITH
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

PORE
Any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal

5 Letters

FOCUS
Maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; "in focus"; "out of focus"

HEART
An inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart"

MIDST
The location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd"

RIVET
Heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together

6 Letters

CENTER
A position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game

KERNEL
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

MARROW
The fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones

MIDDLE
Being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line"

7 Letters

ESSENCE
A toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

NUCLEUS
A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction

8 Letters

MIDPOINT
A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

9 Letters

SUBSTANCE
The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; "DNA is the substance of our genes"

10 Letters

INWARDNESS
The quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body's organs"

11 Letters

CONCENTRATE
A concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water

NERVECENTER
A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"

NERVECENTRE
A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"

NITTYGRITTY

12 Letters

HEARTANDSOUL
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

17 Letters

CENTEROFATTENTION
The object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party"

CENTREOFATTENTION
The object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party"