Practical
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

2 letters

GO
A board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters

3 letters

OLD
Just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"

VET
A person who has served in the armed forces

5 letters

FIELD
A particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field"

SOBER
Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"

OFUSE

HANDY
United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)

UTILE
Being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"

6 letters

USEFUL
Having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables"

PLIANT
Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"

PROPER
Limited to the thing specified; "the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper"

DOABLE
Capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do

OFHELP

VERSED
An injectable form of benzodiazepine (trade name Versed) useful for sedation and for reducing pain during uncomfortable medical procedures

VIABLE
Capable of life or normal growth and development; "viable seeds"; "a viable fetus"

7 letters

PROSAIC
Lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"

WORLDLY
Characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"

REALIST
A philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them

PLIABLE
Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"

MUNDANE
Concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"

ACTABLE
Capable of being acted; suitable for the stage; "an actable scene"

APPLIED
Concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles; "applied physics"; "applied psychology"; "technical problems in medicine, engineering, economics and other applied disciplines"- Sidney Hook

VIRTUAL
Being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"

8 letters

SENSIBLE
Showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"

BALANCED
Being in a state of proper equilibrium; "the carefully balanced seesaw"; "a properly balanced symphony orchestra"; "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history"; "a balanced blend of whiskeys"; "the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers"

WORKABLE
Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

FEASIBLE
Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

9 letters

HARDNOSED

PRAGMATIC
An imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land

OPERATIVE
Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information

EMPIRICAL
Derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"

REALISTIC
Representing what is real; not abstract or ideal; "realistic portraiture"; "a realistic novel"; "in naturalistic colors"; "the school of naturalistic writers"

10 letters

FUNCTIONAL
Designed for or capable of a particular function or use; "a style of writing in which every word is functional"; "functional architecture"

HARDHEADED
Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"

11 letters

DOWNTOEARTH

UTILITARIAN
Someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility

13 letters

UNSENTIMENTAL
Facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination

SOUNDTHINKING

15 letters

PRACTICALMINDED

16 letters

NOTBORNYESTERDAY

OFGENERALUTILITY

STRAIGHTTHINKING