This clue—“Fix”—has turned up before in crosswords, and the answers below are those that successfully solved it in prior instances, offering a strong reference point.
Suggested Answers:
- RIG
- SPAY
- REPAIR
- AMEND
- PEG
- MEND
- REMEDY
- FASTEN
- RECTIFY
- CURE
- JAM
- CORRECT
- SETTLE
- NAIL
- SET
- LOCATE
- PIN
- MESS
- EMEND
- ATTACH
Synonyms and Definitions
RIG
- Synonyms: articulated lorry, carriage, cheat, equipage, fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, getup, manipulate, outfit, rigging, semi, set, set up, swindle, tackle, tractor trailer, trailer truck, trucking rig, turnout
SPAY
- Synonyms: alter, castrate, neuter
REPAIR
- Synonyms: amend, animate, bushel, compensate, doctor, fixing, fixture, furbish up, hangout, haunt, indemnify, mend, mending, quicken, reanimate, recompense, recreate, rectify, remediate, remedy, renovate, reparation, resort, restore, revive, revivify, stamping ground, touch on, vivify
AMEND
- Synonyms: ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate, repair
PEG
- Synonyms: leg, nail, nail down, nog, oarlock, peg down, pegleg, pin, rowlock, stick, thole, tholepin, wooden leg
MEND
- Synonyms: darn, heal, patch
REMEDY
- Synonyms: curative, cure, redress, relieve, remediation, therapeutic
FASTEN
- Synonyms: secure, tighten
RECTIFY
- Synonyms: correct, reclaim, refine, reform, regenerate, right
CURE
- Synonyms: bring around
JAM
- Synonyms: block, chock up, close up, cram, crush, electronic jamming, hole, impede, jamming, jampack, kettle of fish, mess, mob, muddle, obstruct, obturate, occlude, pack, pickle, pile, press, ram, throng, wad
CORRECT
- Synonyms: adjust, castigate, chasten, chastise, counterbalance, decline, discipline, even off, even out, even up, make up, objurgate, slump, sort out
SETTLE
- Synonyms: adjudicate, conciliate, decide, descend, determine, ensconce, fall, finalise, finalize, get back, go down, go under, locate, patch up, reconcile, resolve, root, settee, settle down, sink, square off, square up, steady down, subside, take root
NAIL
- Synonyms: ace, apprehend, arrest, blast, boom, breeze through, collar, complete, cop, nab, pass with flying colors, peg, pick up, pinpoint, sail through, smash, sweep through
SET
- Synonyms: arrange, band, bent, circle, coif, coiffe, coiffure, congeal, countersink, curing, define, determined, dictated, do, dress, exercise set, fit, fixed, fructify, gear up, hardened, hardening, jell, laid, lay, lay out, limit, localise, localize, located, lot, mark, place, placed, plant, pose, position, prepare, primed, put, readiness, ready, rig, rigid, seth, sic, situated, solidification, solidifying, specify, stage set, typeset
LOCATE
- Synonyms: settle, site, situate, turn up
PIN
- Synonyms: bowling pin, flag, immobilise, immobilize, personal identification number, pin number, pin tumbler, pivot, trap
MESS
- Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, jam, mass, mess hall, mess up, messiness, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, muss, mussiness, passel, peck, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum
- Definition: a condition of disarray and chaos
ATTACH
- Synonyms: bind, bond, confiscate, impound, seize, sequester, tie