Units added to universal time to account for the Earth's rotational slowdown Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Units added to universal time to account for the Earth's rotational slowdown featured in Wall Street Journal puzzle on February 2, 2026. 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 11 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LEAPSECONDS.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LEAPSECONDS Units added to universal time to account for the Earth's rotational slowdown (11) Wall Street Journal Feb 2, 2026
7% AXIS Earth's line of rotation (4)
5% CEILINGFAN Overhead rotating cooler (10) Newsday Feb 2, 2026
5% SUN Earth's star (3)
5% GEO Earth: Prefix (3) Wall Street Journal Feb 2, 2026
5% LIB Ad-____ (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 31, 2026
5% HRS Time sheet units, for short (3) USA Today Jan 27, 2026
5% PSAS Ad Council ads, briefly (4) Eugene Sheffer Jan 27, 2026
5% CORE Center of the Earth (4)
5% AUDIT Examination of accounts (5) Puzzler Backwords Jan 26, 2026

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