Crossword clues for Variables 8 lettersAnswerClueVARIABLEFluctuatingVARIABLEX or Y, in algebraVARIABLESomething not to be relied onVARIABLEElement in an algebraic equationVARIABLEThe "x" or "y" in 2x + 3y = 15VARIABLYIn multiple ways.VARIABLEAlgebraic uncertaintyVARIABLYHow Mount Etna eruptsVARIABLYHit or miss, sayVARIABLEX or Y, in an equationVARIABLEUnknown quantity in a 10-DownVARIABLEMathematical quantityVARIABLESubject to change.VARIABLEFickleVARIABLYIn a fickle fashionVARIABLELike some starsVARIABLEIn the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ...VARIABLELike some manufacturing costsVARIABLELike changing skiesVARIABLENot fixedFACTORINConsider, as a forecast variableSOLVEFORVariable directiveMATHLETECompetitor with variable skills?UNKNOWNSVariablesLOWRIDERVariable-height carUNKNOWNSMathematical variables, oftenUNSTABLEVariable.UNPEGGEDVariable, as exchange ratesHOLYWEEKVariable spring periodVARIABLESX and Y, commonlyVARIABLESX and YVARIABLESThings that changeSLIDINGSCALEVariable price structurePARAMETERProgram variableERRATICVariable, and then someUNSETTLEDVariable, as weatherRATEVariable figure, maybeETA___ Carinae (variable star)MIRAFirst-known variable starGNPFed. budget variableMATHVariable subjectNOVAVariable statSESVariable studied by health scientists, for short (or a French pronoun)GETTERFunction that retrieves the value of a variable, in computer programmingWIDTHSShoe variablesFONTTypographic variableTROTVariable paceNOVAEVariable starsALLOVERTHEMAPHighly variableXANDYDual variables