Crossword Clue: Boston bar sitcom
Here's the answer to the Boston bar sitcom crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: CHEERS
The answer to "Boston bar sitcom" is CHEERS. Cheers runs 6 letters — 2 vowels and 4 consonants — opening with C and closing on S. In a grid it fills a 6-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
'Cheers' is the NBC sitcom set in a Boston bar that aired from 1982 to 1993. Its theme song famously described 'a place where everybody knows your name.'
Common usage
You'll see CHEERS in grids regularly — its 6-letter, 2 vowels shape is exactly what setters need to bridge trickier entries. When one intersecting letter is already in place, especially the C or S, CHEERS tends to fall fast.
Crossword trivia
Short answers like CHEERS are the connective tissue of a crossword. You'll meet CHEERS 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 CHEERS will often be the only word that fits the letters you already have.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue CHEERS — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "Once the C was confirmed by the crossing word, CHEERS was the only entry that fit."
- "A 6-letter slot and a clue like 'Boston bar sitcom'? That's CHEERS nine times out of ten."
- "I second-guessed it, but the crossing answers confirmed CHEERS was right."