If “Fissure” has you stuck, these answer options reflect what was used successfully in other puzzles with nearly the same clue, offering a proven path forward as you work through the grid.
Likely Answers:
- GAP
- CLEFT
- CRACK
- RIFT
- BREACH
- CREVICE
- CHASM
- CREVASSE
- CRANNY
- SEAM
- RENT
- SPLIT
- GASH
- SLIT
Synonyms and Definitions
GAP
- Synonyms: breach, break, col, crack, disruption, interruption, opening, spread
CLEFT
- Synonyms: adhere, cleave, cling, cohere, crevice, dissected, rive, scissure, split, stick
CRACK
- Synonyms: a-one, ace, break through, break up, chap, check, cleft, collapse, crack cocaine, crack up, cracking, cranny, crock up, first-rate, fling, fracture, gap, go, offer, pass, quip, sally, shot, snap, super, tiptop, top-notch, tops, tornado, whirl, wisecrack
- Definition: an extended, slim gap
RIFT
- Synonyms: falling out, rupture, severance
BREACH
- Synonyms: go against, infract, offend, rift, transgress, violate
SEAM
- Synonyms: bed, crease, crinkle, furrow, line, wrinkle
- Definition: a connection made by uniting two sections along a line
RENT
- Synonyms: economic rent, engage, hire, lease, let, pull, rend, rip, snag, take, tear
SPLIT
- Synonyms: break open, burst, carve up, disconnected, dissever, disunited, divide, fragmented, part, rent, schism, separate, split up, stock split
- Definition: Stretching the legs perpendicular to the body, with one positioned in the front and the other in the back.
GASH
- Synonyms: cut, slash, slice
SLIT
- Synonyms: cunt, dent, incision, prick, puss, pussy, scratch, snatch, twat