Only - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'only' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for lone that I've seen before include "Unaccompanied" , "The ... Ranger, fictional masked cowboy" , "He likes to operate by himself" , "Solitary, without companions" , "Solitary or single" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, the USA Today, The Guardian, the Newsday.com, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Mirror, the Evening Standard, The New York Times, the LA Times, the King Feature Syndicate, The Star Tribune, The Telegraph and The Irish Independent.

'only' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for mere that I've seen before include "Lake, pond (poetic)" , "Pure; lake" , "Simply, nothing more than" , "Just an English lake" , "Pond - pure and simple" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, the USA Today, The Guardian, the Newsday.com, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Mirror, the Evening Standard, The New York Times, the LA Times, the King Feature Syndicate, The Star Tribune, The Telegraph and The Irish Independent.

'only' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for just that I've seen before include "Ethically right" , "free from bias" , "Fair and reasonable" , "Barely - deserved" , "Exactly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, the USA Today, The Guardian, the Newsday.com, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Mirror, the Evening Standard, The New York Times, the LA Times, the King Feature Syndicate, The Star Tribune, The Telegraph and The Irish Independent.

'only' is the definition.
(merely can mean only or simply)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for merely that I've seen before include "'Only, and nothing more (6)'" , "Simply - only" , "Just one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun, The Guardian and the LA Times.

'only' is the definition.
(I know that only can be written as solely)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for solely that I've seen before include "Exclusively, only" , "alone" , "Singly" , "Singularly" , "nowhere else?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun, The Guardian and the LA Times.

'only' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for purely that I've seen before include "Wholly, unconditionally" , "Simply and solely" , "Entirely; chastely" , "Strictly, solely" , "Simply; utterly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun, The Guardian and the LA Times.

Only (4)