"Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are ____" (Lord Dewar) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue "Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are ____" (Lord Dewar) featured in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle on November 2, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is OPEN.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OPEN "Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are ____" (Lord Dewar) (4) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 2, 2025
6% ARELIKE 'Minds ___ parachutes: They function only when they are open' (7) USA Today Dec 10, 2022
4% EMAIL Outlook function (5) Commuter Oct 29, 2025
4% MENTALLY In the mind (8) The Telegraph Quick Oct 21, 2025
4% CARES Minds (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 20, 2025
4% POET Lord Byron or Lord Tennyson (4)
4% DIRTY Like some minds, martinis and money (5) New York Times Mini Oct 13, 2025
4% HOUSEPARTY Lords and Conservatives, for example, function under one roof? (10) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 8, 2025
4% SINES Trigonometry functions (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 6, 2025
4% SINE Not having a function (4) The Telegraph Toughie Oct 3, 2025

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