The Clue
Entirety (5 letter answer)
The Answer
TOTAL
Tags
Notes
The answer TOTAL is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
Related Clues
Amount to
Come to
Complete
Demolish
Entire
Sum
Thoroughgoing
Universal
Utter
Wreck
Add up
All-out
Bottom line
Bottom of a sum
Calculator's result
Demolish a car
Horribly wreck
Kind of recall
Out-and-out
Smash to smithereens
Sum up
The whole thing
Wreck completely
Bottom line of an addition
Bottom-line figure
Completely destroy: Slang
Destroy utterly, as a car
General Mills brand
Utterly wreck
More than partial
Wreck beyond recognition
Wreck completely, as a car
Definition
TOTAL as a noun:
1. (sum, total, totality, aggregate) = the whole amount
2. (sum, amount, total) = a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
TOTAL as a verb:
1. (total, number, add up, come, amount) = add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
2. (total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up) = determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
3. damage beyond the point of repair; "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert"
TOTAL as an adjective:
1. (entire, full, total) = constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure"
2. (overall, total, whole) = including everything; "the overall cost"; "the total amount owed"
3. (absolute, total, unconditioned) = without conditions or limitations; "a total ban"
4. (full, total) = complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster"