If you’ve reached “Influence” in your solving session, these answers were chosen from crosswords where this clue type led to successful puzzle completions using the same phrasing.
Answer List:
- PULL
- CLOUT
- SWAY
- AFFECT
- SLAY
- POWER
- GETTO
- IMPACT
- AGENCY
- HEFT
- LEVERAGE
- POSSESS
- BEARING
- INSPIRE
Synonyms and Definitions
PULL
- Synonyms: attract, clout, commit, deplumate, deplume, displume, drag, draw, draw in, draw out, extract, force, get out, overstretch, perpetrate, pluck, puff, pull in, pull out, pull up, pulling, rend, rip, rive, root for, take out, tear, twist, wrench
CLOUT
- Synonyms: biff, clout nail, lick, poke, pull, punch, slug
- Definition: a goal used in the sport of bow and arrow
SWAY
- Synonyms: careen, carry, persuade, rock, shake, swing, tilt
AFFECT
- Synonyms: bear on, bear upon, dissemble, feign, impact, impress, involve, move, pretend, regard, sham, strike, touch, touch on
SLAY
- Synonyms: bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove
POWER
- Synonyms: ability, baron, big businessman, business leader, exponent, great power, index, king, magnate, major power, might, mightiness, mogul, office, powerfulness, superpower, top executive, tycoon, world power
IMPACT
- Synonyms: affect, encroachment, impingement, shock, wallop
AGENCY
- Synonyms: authority, bureau, delegacy, federal agency, government agency, means, representation, way
HEFT
- Synonyms: heave, heave up, heft up, heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousness
LEVERAGE
- Synonyms: leveraging, purchase
POSSESS
- Synonyms: have, own
BEARING
- Synonyms: abide, accept, acquit, aim, armorial bearing, assume, bear, behave, birth, brook, carriage, charge, comport, comportment, conduct, contain, deliver, deport, digest, endure, expect, gestate, give birth, have a bun in the oven, heading, heraldic bearing, hold, mien, pay, posture, presence, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, take over, tolerate, turn out, wear, yield
INSPIRE
- Synonyms: animate, barrack, breathe in, cheer, enliven, exalt, exhort, inhale, instigate, invigorate, pep up, prompt, revolutionise, revolutionize, root on, urge, urge on
- Definition: elevate or amplify
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- CLOUT also appears as an answer in Social influence crossword clue 5 letters.
- INSPIRE also appears as an answer in Stir up crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters.
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- GETTO also appears as an answer in Irk crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 letters.