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“Act of pulling back”

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A6B4C2D2E1F1G3H2I4J2K2LM4N2O5P5QR4S8T2U1VW4XYZ

Answer length

All 1,2002 letters 363 letters 1824 letters 505 letters 866 letters 1597 letters 1658 letters 1719 letters 24210 letters 6411 letters 30

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Clues starting with A

  1. “Act of pulling back”1 answers · often → WITHDRAWAL
    10 letters
  2. “Added file or bond”1 answers · often → ATTACHMENT
    10 letters
  3. “Afraid and uneasy”1 answers · often → FRIGHTENED
    10 letters
  1. “Again and again”1 answers · often → REPEATEDLY
    10 letters
  2. “Altered shape”1 answers · often → DISTORTION
    10 letters
  3. “As it seems”1 answers · often → OSTENSIBLY
    10 letters

Clues starting with B

  1. “Basic but hidden”1 answers · often → UNDERLYING
    10 letters
  2. “Beyond reasonable limits”1 answers · often → INORDINATE
    10 letters
  1. “Business partnership”1 answers · often → CONSORTIUM
    10 letters
  2. “By chance”1 answers · often → ACCIDENTAL
    10 letters

Clues starting with C

  1. “Ceremonial line”1 answers · often → PROCESSION
    10 letters
  1. “Claim not proven”1 answers · often → ALLEGATION
    10 letters

Clues starting with D

  1. “Deciding the issue”1 answers · often → CONCLUSIVE
    10 letters
  1. “Disagree directly”1 answers · often → CONTRADICT
    10 letters

Clues starting with E

  1. “Expecting good outcomes”1 answers · often → OPTIMISTIC
    10 letters

Clues starting with F

  1. “Forecasted figure”1 answers · often → PROJECTION
    10 letters

Clues starting with G

  1. “Game input device”1 answers · often → CONTROLLER
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  2. “Giving pleasure”1 answers · often → DELIGHTFUL
    10 letters
  1. “Glow strength”1 answers · often → BRIGHTNESS
    10 letters

Clues starting with H

  1. “Hedgerow fruit”1 answers · often → BLACKBERRY
    10 letters
  1. “Held by a group”1 answers · often → COLLECTIVE
    10 letters

Clues starting with I

  1. “In A-to-Z order”1 answers · often → ALPHABETIC
    10 letters
  2. “In an approving way”1 answers · often → FAVOURABLY
    10 letters
  1. “In social tradition”1 answers · often → CULTURALLY
    10 letters
  2. “Inspect with care”1 answers · often → SCRUTINIZE
    10 letters

Clues starting with J

  1. “Jawed shell opener”1 answers · often → NUTCRACKER
    10 letters
  1. “Jawlike garden bloom”1 answers · often → SNAPDRAGON
    10 letters

Clues starting with K

  1. “Kitchen volume unit”1 answers · often → TABLESPOON
    10 letters
  1. “Koala tree”1 answers · often → EUCALYPTUS
    10 letters

Clues starting with M

  1. “Make ineffective”1 answers · often → NEUTRALIZE
    10 letters
  2. “Middle measure”1 answers · often → MODERATION
    10 letters
  1. “Mixed brew”1 answers · often → CONCOCTION
    10 letters
  2. “Moist-skinned amphibian”1 answers · often → SALAMANDER
    10 letters

Clues starting with N

  1. “Not proper”1 answers · often → UNBECOMING
    10 letters
  1. “Not relevant here”1 answers · often → IMMATERIAL
    10 letters

Clues starting with O

  1. “Obstacles in the way”1 answers · often → ROADBLOCKS
    10 letters
  2. “On the lower side”1 answers · often → UNDERNEATH
    10 letters
  3. “Ordered by doctor”1 answers · often → PRESCRIBED
    10 letters
  1. “Organized removal”1 answers · often → EVACUATION
    10 letters
  2. “Outwardly stated”1 answers · often → OSTENSIBLE
    10 letters

Clues starting with P

  1. “Pastry fat”1 answers · often → SHORTENING
    10 letters
  2. “Perpendicular in geometry”1 answers · often → ORTHOGONAL
    10 letters
  3. “Pink citrus”1 answers · often → GRAPEFRUIT
    10 letters
  1. “Playground by classes”1 answers · often → SCHOOLYARD
    10 letters
  2. “Practical science”1 answers · often → TECHNOLOGY
    10 letters

Clues starting with R

  1. “Regional rather than urban”1 answers · often → PROVINCIAL
    10 letters
  2. “Regular payer”1 answers · often → SUBSCRIBER
    10 letters
  1. “Related to factories”1 answers · often → INDUSTRIAL
    10 letters
  2. “Restructure anew”1 answers · often → REORGANIZE
    10 letters

Clues starting with S

  1. “School chief”1 answers · often → HEADMASTER
    10 letters
  2. “Serving as a sign”1 answers · often → INDICATIVE
    10 letters
  3. “Showing victory”1 answers · often → TRIUMPHANT
    10 letters
  4. “Springy jump mat”1 answers · often → TRAMPOLINE
    10 letters
  1. “Standard matcher”1 answers · often → COMPARATOR
    10 letters
  2. “State of solitude”1 answers · often → LONELINESS
    10 letters
  3. “Supplies on hand”1 answers · often → PROVISIONS
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  4. “Supporting branch”1 answers · often → SUBSIDIARY
    10 letters

Clues starting with T

  1. “Task given”1 answers · often → ASSIGNMENT
    10 letters
  1. “Tropical perfume bloom”1 answers · often → FRANGIPANI
    10 letters

Clues starting with U

  1. “Unfair demand”1 answers · often → IMPOSITION
    10 letters

Clues starting with W

  1. “Ways people act”1 answers · often → BEHAVIOURS
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  2. “With formal status”1 answers · often → OFFICIALLY
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  1. “With persuasive expression”1 answers · often → ELOQUENTLY
    10 letters
  2. “Without disturbance”1 answers · often → PEACEFULLY
    10 letters

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