These answers have been gathered to help with “Gap”, based on how that exact clue has performed in other puzzles. They’re not guesses—just proven entries that fit consistently.
Likely Answers:
- LACUNA
- HOLE
- OPENING
- SPACE
- INTERVAL
- RIFT
- HIATUS
- BREACH
- APERTURE
- CHASM
- PAUSE
- LAPSE
- SEPARATION
- BREAK
- OMISSION
Synonyms and Definitions
LACUNA
- Synonyms: blank, caisson, coffer
HOLE
- Synonyms: cakehole, fix, gob, golf hole, hole out, hollow, jam, kettle of fish, maw, mess, muddle, pickle, trap, yap
OPENING
- Synonyms: afford, chess opening, curtain raising, first step, give, hatchway, initiative, open, open up, opening move, opening night, orifice, porta, possibility, possible action, scuttle, spread, spread out, unfold
- Definition: a vacant or unoccupied area within or among objects
SPACE
- Synonyms: blank space, distance, infinite, outer space, place, quad
INTERVAL
- Synonyms: musical interval, separation, time interval
RIFT
- Synonyms: breach, break, falling out, rupture, severance
HIATUS
- Synonyms: abatement, foramen, reprieve, respite, suspension
BREACH
- Synonyms: go against, infract, offend, rift, transgress, violate
PAUSE
- Synonyms: hesitate, intermission, intermit, interruption
LAPSE
- Synonyms: backslide, backsliding, elapse, fall back, glide by, go along, go by, lapsing, oversight, pass, recidivate, regress, relapse, relapsing, retrogress, reversion, reverting, sink, slide by, slip away, slip by
SEPARATION
- Synonyms: breakup, detachment, interval, legal separation
BREAK
- Synonyms: bankrupt, better, break away, break dance, break down, break in, break of serve, break off, break out, break up, break-dance, breakage, breaking, breakout, bring out, bump, burst, bust, cave in, check, collapse, come apart, conk out, crack, damp, dampen, demote, develop, die, disclose, discontinue, discover, disruption, divulge, erupt, expose, fail, fall apart, fall in, fault, faulting, founder, fracture, gaolbreak, geological fault, get around, get out, give away, give out, give way, go, go bad, good luck, happy chance, interrupt, jailbreak, kick downstairs, let on, let out, open frame, part, pause, prison-breaking, prisonbreak, recess, recrudesce, relegate, reveal, ruin, separate, shift, smash, snap off, soften, split, split up, stop, time out, unwrap, weaken, wear, wear out
- Definition: an unexpected event that disrupts a continuous task
OMISSION
- Synonyms: deletion, skip