Crossword Clue: Basin's companion
Here's the answer to the Basin's companion crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: EWER
The answer to "Basin's companion" is EWER. Ewer runs 4 letters — 2 vowels and 2 consonants — opening with E and closing on R. In a grid it fills a 4-square slot whose letters are each shared with a crossing word, so the intersections do a lot of the heavy lifting when the clue itself is tough.
Origin & meaning
Before indoor plumbing, an ewer and basin sat on every washstand. Its vowel-friendly letters keep it in steady grid rotation.
Common usage
You'll see EWER in grids regularly — its 4-letter, 2 vowels shape is exactly what setters need to bridge trickier entries. When one intersecting letter is already in place, especially the E or R, EWER tends to fall fast.
Crossword trivia
Short answers like EWER are the connective tissue of a crossword. You'll meet EWER again and again, and recognizing it instantly is one of the quiet skills that separates fast solvers from slow ones.
Stuck on this clue?
The fastest way past a stubborn clue like this one is the grid itself: pencil in the easy crossing answers first, and EWER will often be the only word that fits the letters you already have.
This clue in different puzzles
The clue "Basin's companion" is just one way to arrive at EWER. Across different puzzles and editors you may see the same answer clued as "Old-fashioned water pitcher". Recognizing that a single answer can wear many clues is one of the fastest ways to level up as a solver.
Example sentences
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing EWER into the grid took no time at all."
- "Ewer is the kind of answer that clicks the moment you spot one letter."
- "Seeing 'Basin's companion' in the clue list, an experienced solver pencils in EWER almost immediately."