Crossword clues for variablesAnswerClueVARIABLEUnknown quantity in a 10-DownVARIABLEAlgebraic uncertaintyVARIABLEThe "x" or "y" in 2x + 3y = 15VARIABLEX or Y, in an equationVARIABLYIn a fickle fashionVARIABLESomething not to be relied onVARIABLEFickleVARIABLENot fixedVARIABLEElement in an algebraic equationVARIABLEMathematical quantityVARIABLELike some manufacturing costsVARIABLESX and YVARIABLELike changing skiesVARIABLYIn multiple ways.VARIABLESubject to change.VARIABLELike some starsVARIABLEIn the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ...VARIABLYHit or miss, sayVARIABLESX and Y, commonlyVARIABLESThings that changeVARIABLEFluctuatingVARIABLEX or Y, in algebraVARIABLYHow Mount Etna eruptsERRATICVariable, and then someFACTORINConsider, as a forecast variableRATEVariable figure, maybeETA___ Carinae (variable star)UNSETTLEDVariable, as weatherPARAMETERProgram variableSLIDINGSCALEVariable price structureMIRAFirst-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 variableXANDYDual variablesHAZELSVariable eye colorsFINITESETGroup of solutions to a one-variable algebraic equation, e.g.ABTESTINGTwo-variable marketing experimentSTRIDEVariable distance measureHEMLINEFashion variableTROTVariable paceUPANDDOWNVariable, like the stock marketFUDGEFACTORArbitrary experimentation variableNOVAEVariable starsALLOVERTHEMAPHighly variableLOWRIDERVariable-height car