This group of answers for “Obvious” is based on how the same clue has appeared and been solved in published crosswords, helping you evaluate valid possibilities that have been accepted by editors before.
Answer List:
- PATENT
- PLAIN
- EVIDENT
- OVERT
- PLAINTOSEE
- BLATANT
- APPARENT
- MANIFEST
- CLEAR
- PALPABLE
- MARKED
- WRITLARGE
- NOTICEABLE
- DISTINCT
- EASYTOSEE
- CLEARASDAY
- UNSUBTLE
- SELFEVIDENT
- UNMISTAKABLE
- TRANSPARENT
Synonyms and Definitions
PATENT
- Synonyms: apparent, evident, letters patent, manifest, patent of invention, plain, unmistakable
PLAIN
- Synonyms: bare, champaign, complain, field, homely, kick, knit, knit stitch, kvetch, patent, plain stitch, quetch, sheer, sound off, spare, unembellished, unmingled, unmixed, unornamented, unpatterned, unvarnished
EVIDENT
- Synonyms: discernible, observable
OVERT
- Synonyms: open
BLATANT
- Synonyms: blazing, clamant, clamorous, conspicuous, strident, vociferous
APPARENT
- Synonyms: ostensible, seeming
MANIFEST
- Synonyms: attest, certify, demonstrate, evidence
CLEAR
- Synonyms: absolved, acquit, assoil, authorise, authorize, brighten, bring in, clean, clean-cut, clear up, clear-cut, cleared, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, decipherable, discharge, earn, elucidate, enlighten, exculpate, exculpated, exonerate, exonerated, gain, illuminate, light, light up, make, net, pass, percipient, pull in, readable, realise, realize, sack, sack up, shed light on, solve, sort out, straighten out, take in, top, unclouded, unclutter, unmortgaged, vindicated, well-defined
PALPABLE
- Synonyms: tangible
MARKED
- Synonyms: check, check off, commemorate, cross off, cross out, denounce, differentiate, distinguish, grade, label, mark, mark off, nock, note, notice, pit, pock, pronounced, punctuate, scar, score, set, stigmatise, stigmatize, strike off, strike out, tag, tick, tick off
NOTICEABLE
- Synonyms: detectable, obtrusive
DISTINCT
- Synonyms: decided, discrete, distinguishable, trenchant
UNSUBTLE
- Synonyms: broad
TRANSPARENT
- Synonyms: cobwebby, crystal clear, crystalline, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, guileless, limpid, lucid, pellucid, see-through, vaporous, vapourous