Answer: NOUNS
NOUNS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 98 times.
Referring Clues:
- They may be modified
 - Proper words
 - Everyday names
 - Verb preceders
 - They stand for things
 - Cock and bull, e.g.
 - Bread and butter, e.g.
 - Article followers
 - Grammar topic
 - Subjects, say
 - Article follow-ups?
 - Objects, e.g.
 - Some are proper
 - Pins and needles, e.g.
 - Bat and ball, for example
 - Proper or common parts of speech
 - Parts of speech
 - Person, place, and thing
 - They can be proper
 - English subjects
 - English subjects?
 - Animal, vegetable and mineral
 - "Proper" words
 - ''Cabbages'' and ''kings''
 - Things, grammatically speaking
 - Grammar class subjects
 - All things
 - Grammar class subjects?
 - People, places or things?
 - Things of all sorts
 - Lock, stock and barrel
 - Salt and pepper, e.g.
 - "Cabbages" and "kings"
 - Person, place and thing, e.g.
 - Bush and gore, e.g.
 - Objects of prepositions
 - Flotsam and jetsam, for example?
 - Bell, book and candle
 - Head, case, and headcase
 - Sentence subjects
 - Many are proper subjects
 - All things, to an English teacher
 - Grammatical objects
 - Rock and roll, e.g.
 - Bed and breakfast?
 - Subjects, usually
 - Pride and prejudice, e.g.
 - They may be proper subjects
 - Planes, trains and au¬tomobiles?
 - Adjectives modify them
 - Things in sentences
 - People,places and things
 - Nuts and bolts, e.g.
 - Predicate parts
 - They're often common objects
 - Many sentence diagram components
 - (horse) and (carriage)
 - Board and walk and boardwalk
 - Lions and tigers ... and bears, sometimes?
 - Hopes and dreams
 - Heaven and earth, e.g.
 - War and peace, e.g.
 - Trial and error, e.g.
 - All but the fifth and sixth words in "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"
 - Canterbury currency
 - Verb counterparts
 - "Proper" parts of speech
 - Grammar book chapter
 - Word types
 - Words ending in "o" in Esperanto
 - Sentence subjects, e.g.
 - Gin and tonic, e.g.
 - When they're proper, it's capital!
 - Some of them are proper
 - Husband and wife, e.g.
 - Adjective and adverb, for two
 - Subjects in writing?
 - They're grammatical
 - Sentence VIPs
 - Subjects, usually, in grammar class
 - Heart and soul, e.g.
 - Proper words, perhaps
 - Subjects of most sentences
 - Objects in English class?
 - Majority of Mad Libs entries
 - Things in grammar class
 - Most gerunds
 - Words that can be "proper"
 - Names of things
 - People, places and things
 - Man, woman and child, e.g.
 - Hook, line, and sinker, e.g.
 - Peas and carrots
 - Basic grammar topic
 - Meat and potatoes, e.g.
 - People, places, things, etc.
 - Cats and dogs, e.g.
 - Arts and crafts, to a grammarian
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - October 28, 2025
 - USA Today - September 22, 2025
 - LA Times - September 07, 2025
 - New York Times - July 25, 2025
 - LA Times - May 07, 2025
 - LA Times - January 17, 2025
 - LA Times - October 11, 2024
 - New York Times - April 30, 2024
 - New York Times - February 18, 2024
 - USA Today - November 27, 2023
 - USA Today - November 02, 2021
 - New York Times - July 06, 2021
 - Netword - May 16, 2021
 - New York Times - March 30, 2021
 - Universal - September 24, 2020
 - Universal - November 15, 2019
 - USA Today - July 23, 2019
 - LA Times - March 17, 2019
 - LA Times - February 04, 2019
 - Universal - August 14, 2018
 
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