Free
Crossword Clue & Answers

3 December 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Quick Crossword
We found 89 answers for the crossword clue 'Free', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Quick 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 Free 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 Free as an answer itself some 373 times.
Free is a single word clue made up of 4 letters.
We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Quick Crossword' on Tuesday, 07 December 2021 with the answer being RID, we also found RID to be the most popular answer for this clue.
We've seen this clue in the following publications:
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 7 Dec 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - 26 Nov 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 18 Nov 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 12 Nov 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 29 Oct 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 18 Oct 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 15 Oct 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 15 Oct 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - 7 Oct 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - 24 Sep 2021
Definitions and usage
Before we get to our crossword answers for 'Free', take a look at the definitions and example uses below, sometimes these help you think of different words or phrases that are common to 'Free' and give you a hint.
- People who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
- Free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"
- Remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"
- Not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
- Not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
- Part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
- Grant freedom to; free from confinement
- Free from obligations or duties
- Unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"
- Able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"
- Not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man"
- Not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
- Costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
- Make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
- Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- Make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
- Not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
- Without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
- Let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
- Relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"
- Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
- Completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
Anagrams
We found 2 anagrams for the word 'Free'.
- feer
- reef One of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind
Crossword Answers
3 Letters
OUT
(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"
RID
Relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"
UNB
4 Letters
OPEN
Information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface"
REEF
One of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind
REIN
One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
5 Letters
AGENT
The semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
LETGO
Release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"
LOOSE
Become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
NOFEE
SPARE
A score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
UNPEN
UNTIE
Undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner"
6 Letters
ACQUIT
Behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
BARREN
Providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
DEVOID
Completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
EXEMPT
(of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject; "a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process"; "exempt from jury duty"; "only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes"
GIVEUP
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
GRATIS
Costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
LAVISH
Characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast"
LETOUT
Bring out of a specific state
LOOSEN
Become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
NO FEE
NOCOST
RESCUE
Recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
RESIGN
Part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
SPRING
A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
UNBIND
Untie or unfasten; "unbind the feet of this poor woman"
UNCAGE
7 Letters
ABSOLVE
Let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
ATLARGE
Having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"
DELIVER
Utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy"
JUSTIFY
Adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins"
LEISURE
Freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity; "he lacked the leisure for golf"
LIBERAL
A person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
MANUMIT
Free from slavery or servitude
PROBONO
Done for the public good without compensation
RELEASE
Grant freedom to; free from confinement
RELIEVE
Relieve oneself of troubling information
UNBLOCK
Play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding
UNBOWED
Erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"
UNLEASH
Release from a leash; "unleash the dogs in the park"
UNLOOSE
Grant freedom to; free from confinement
8 Letters
ATNOCOST
BUCKSHEE
Free of charge; "if they deposit these shares in the scheme they will get further buckshee shares on a one-for-one basis"- Economist
COSTLESS
Costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
DETACHED
No longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases"
DISLODGE
Remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"
GENEROUS
Not petty in character and mind; "unusually generous in his judgment of people"
INNOCENT
A person who lacks knowledge of evil
LETLOOSE
Turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
LIBERATE
Give equal rights to; of women and minorities
SETLOOSE
UNFETTER
UNFREEZE
Become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"
UNLOOSEN
Grant freedom to; free from confinement
9 Letters
ATLEISURE
In an unhurried way or at one's convenience; "read the manual at your leisure"; "he traveled leisurely"
ATLIBERTY
AVAILABLE
Obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service; "kept a fire extinguisher available"; "much information is available through computers"; "available in many colors"; "the list of available candidates is unusually long"
DESTITUTE
Completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
DISCHARGE
The act of discharging a gun
DISENGAGE
Free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"
FOOTLOOSE
Free to go or do as one pleases; "Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on"; "a footloose young man eager to see the big city"
PRICELESS
Having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
SOVEREIGN
A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
TURNLOOSE
UNIMPEDED
Not slowed or prevented; "a time of unimpeded growth"; "an unimpeded sweep of meadows and hills afforded a peaceful setting"
UNOBLIGED
10 Letters
AT LEISURE
EMANCIPATE
Free from slavery or servitude
FORNOTHING
FREEPEOPLE
People who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
GRATUITOUS
Unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"
ONTHEHOUSE
ONTHELOOSE
Having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"
RELINQUISH
Release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"
UNATTACHED
Not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship
UNCONFINED
Free from confinement or physical restraint
UNFETTERED
Not bound by shackles and chains
UNHAMPERED
Not slowed or blocked or interfered with; "an outlet for healthy and unhampered action"; "a priest unhampered by scruple"; "the new stock market was unhampered by tradition"
UNOCCUPIED
Not leased to or occupied by a tenant; "an unoccupied apartment"; "very little unclaimed and untenanted land"
11 Letters
INDEPENDENT
A neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
12 Letters
DISEMBARRASS
Relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"
UNRESTRAINED
Not subject to restraint; "unrestrained laughter"
UNRESTRICTED
Never having had security classification
13 Letters
ATNOCOSTTOYOU
COMPLIMENTARY
Conveying or resembling a compliment; "a complimentary remark"
UNCONSTRAINED
Free from constraint; "he was unconstrained by any of the sanctions of polite society"; "the dog was unconstrained"; "idle, unconstrained gossip"
WITHOUTCHARGE
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