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Index III — Clues

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“about”

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Answer length

All 1,1642 letters 383 letters 2074 letters 1195 letters 776 letters 1717 letters 1988 letters 2129 letters 161

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All 1,164Short answers 361Several answers 32Curated clues 1,164

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Clues starting with A

  1. “about”1 answers · often → REGARDING
    9 letters
  2. “across the globe”1 answers · often → WORLDWIDE
    9 letters
  3. “arranged”1 answers · often → ORGANISED
    9 letters
  4. “as well as”1 answers · often → INCLUDING
    9 letters
  1. “assigned to role”1 answers · often → APPOINTED
    9 letters
  2. “at first”1 answers · often → INITIALLY
    9 letters
  3. “at this time”1 answers · often → CURRENTLY
    9 letters

Clues starting with B

  1. “bad dream”1 answers · often → NIGHTMARE
    9 letters
  2. “basic”1 answers · often → PRIMITIVE
    9 letters
  3. “basic truth”1 answers · often → PRINCIPLE
    9 letters
  4. “being alive”1 answers · often → EXISTENCE
    9 letters
  1. “best part”1 answers · often → HIGHLIGHT
    9 letters
  2. “bought”1 answers · often → PURCHASED
    9 letters
  3. “businesses”1 answers · often → COMPANIES
    9 letters

Clues starting with C

  1. “can be replaced”1 answers · often → RENEWABLE
    9 letters
  2. “captured on tape”1 answers · often → RECORDING
    9 letters
  3. “carried on”1 answers · often → CONTINUED
    9 letters
  4. “caught off guard”1 answers · often → SURPRISED
    9 letters
  5. “choices made”1 answers · often → DECISIONS
    9 letters
  6. “choosing”1 answers · often → SELECTING
    9 letters
  7. “circumstances”1 answers · often → SITUATION
    9 letters
  8. “clearly”1 answers · often → OBVIOUSLY
    9 letters
  1. “clients”1 answers · often → CUSTOMERS
    9 letters
  2. “coming after”1 answers · often → FOLLOWING
    9 letters
  3. “coming back”1 answers · often → RETURNING
    9 letters
  4. “communication device”1 answers · often → TELEPHONE
    9 letters
  5. “completed studies”1 answers · often → GRADUATED
    9 letters
  6. “contingent on”1 answers · often → DEPENDING
    9 letters
  7. “Courteous fellow”1 answers · often → GENTLEMAN
    9 letters
  8. “custom passed down”1 answers · often → TRADITION
    9 letters

Clues starting with D

  1. “daily publication”1 answers · often → NEWSPAPER
    9 letters
  2. “Decision group”1 answers · often → COMMITTEE
    9 letters
  3. “depicted”1 answers · often → DESCRIBED
    9 letters
  1. “devoted”2 answers · often → COMMITTED
    9 letters
  2. “difference”1 answers · often → VARIATION
    9 letters
  3. “difficult test”1 answers · often → CHALLENGE
    9 letters

Clues starting with E

  1. “early years”1 answers · often → CHILDHOOD
    9 letters
  2. “easily affected”1 answers · often → SENSITIVE
    9 letters
  3. “effect on others”1 answers · often → INFLUENCE
    9 letters
  1. “equipment”1 answers · often → MACHINERY
    9 letters
  2. “exactly the same”1 answers · often → IDENTICAL
    9 letters
  3. “exciting journey”1 answers · often → ADVENTURE
    9 letters

Clues starting with F

  1. “family home”1 answers · often → HOUSEHOLD
    9 letters
  2. “fault-finding”1 answers · often → CRITICISM
    9 letters
  3. “favourable position”1 answers · often → ADVANTAGE
    9 letters
  4. “fictional person”1 answers · often → CHARACTER
    9 letters
  5. “financial protection”1 answers · often → INSURANCE
    9 letters
  6. “finding”1 answers · often → DISCOVERY
    9 letters
  7. “finished”1 answers · often → COMPLETED
    9 letters
  1. “first meal”1 answers · often → BREAKFAST
    9 letters
  2. “flat”1 answers · often → APARTMENT
    9 letters
  3. “focused notice”1 answers · often → ATTENTION
    9 letters
  4. “for everyone”1 answers · often → UNIVERSAL
    9 letters
  5. “forecast”1 answers · often → PROJECTED
    9 letters
  6. “full of feeling”1 answers · often → EMOTIONAL
    9 letters
  7. “fundamentally”1 answers · often → BASICALLY
    9 letters

Clues starting with G

  1. “gathered together”1 answers · often → COLLECTED
    9 letters
  2. “give support”1 answers · often → ENCOURAGE
    9 letters
  3. “giving”1 answers · often → PROVIDING
    9 letters
  1. “got better”1 answers · often → RECOVERED
    9 letters
  2. “grew”1 answers · often → DEVELOPED
    9 letters

Clues starting with H

  1. “handling of an issue”1 answers · often → TREATMENT
    9 letters
  2. “hands-on”1 answers · often → PRACTICAL
    9 letters
  3. “hard”1 answers · often → DIFFICULT
    9 letters
  4. “head of state”1 answers · often → PRESIDENT
    9 letters
  1. “held within”1 answers · often → CONTAINED
    9 letters
  2. “helper”1 answers · often → ASSISTANT
    9 letters
  3. “household items”1 answers · often → FURNITURE
    9 letters

Clues starting with I

  1. “if not”1 answers · often → OTHERWISE
    9 letters
  2. “in a rare way”1 answers · often → UNUSUALLY
    9 letters
  3. “In an unnamed place”1 answers · often → SOMEWHERE
    9 letters
  1. “in another place”1 answers · often → ELSEWHERE
    9 letters
  2. “in conformity with”1 answers · often → ACCORDING
    9 letters
  3. “in secret”1 answers · often → PRIVATELY
    9 letters

Clues starting with L

  1. “large hills”1 answers · often → MOUNTAINS
    9 letters
  2. “large numbers”1 answers · often → THOUSANDS
    9 letters
  3. “lasting forever”1 answers · often → PERMANENT
    9 letters
  4. “learning”1 answers · often → EDUCATION
    9 letters
  5. “leaving”1 answers · often → DEPARTURE
    9 letters
  6. “left over”1 answers · often → REMAINING
    9 letters
  1. “levels of quality”1 answers · often → STANDARDS
    9 letters
  2. “linked”1 answers · often → CONNECTED
    9 letters
  3. “local group”1 answers · often → COMMUNITY
    9 letters
  4. “looking for”1 answers · often → SEARCHING
    9 letters
  5. “love card”1 answers · often → VALENTINE
    9 letters

Clues starting with M

  1. “made available”1 answers · often → PUBLISHED
    9 letters
  2. “made clear”1 answers · often → EXPLAINED
    9 letters
  3. “made public”1 answers · often → ANNOUNCED
    9 letters
  4. “male partner”1 answers · often → BOYFRIEND
    9 letters
  1. “mark an occasion”1 answers · often → CELEBRATE
    9 letters
  2. “most liked”1 answers · often → FAVOURITE
    9 letters
  3. “Move goods”1 answers · often → TRANSPORT
    9 letters
  4. “mutual understanding”1 answers · often → AGREEMENT
    9 letters

Clues starting with N

  1. “nations”1 answers · often → COUNTRIES
    9 letters
  2. “needed”1 answers · often → NECESSARY
    9 letters
  3. “no longer remembered”1 answers · often → FORGOTTEN
    9 letters
  1. “not permanent”1 answers · often → TEMPORARY
    9 letters
  2. “not the same”1 answers · often → DIFFERENT
    9 letters

Clues starting with O

  1. “obtainable”1 answers · often → AVAILABLE
    9 letters
  2. “occasionally”1 answers · often → SOMETIMES
    9 letters
  3. “occurring”1 answers · often → HAPPENING
    9 letters
  4. “of faith”1 answers · often → RELIGIOUS
    9 letters
  5. “of politics”1 answers · often → POLITICAL
    9 letters
  1. “office worker”1 answers · often → SECRETARY
    9 letters
  2. “one standing for office”1 answers · often → CANDIDATE
    9 letters
  3. “organisation”1 answers · often → STRUCTURE
    9 letters
  4. “outdoor scenery”1 answers · often → LANDSCAPE
    9 letters

Clues starting with P

  1. “people who live there”1 answers · often → RESIDENTS
    9 letters
  2. “places”1 answers · often → LOCATIONS
    9 letters
  3. “plan of activities”1 answers · often → PROGRAMME
    9 letters
  4. “planned”1 answers · often → SCHEDULED
    9 letters
  5. “pleasant”1 answers · often → ENJOYABLE
    9 letters
  6. “pleasing to see”1 answers · often → BEAUTIFUL
    9 letters
  7. “possession”1 answers · often → OWNERSHIP
    9 letters
  8. “possible future”1 answers · often → POTENTIAL
    9 letters
  1. “post-midday hours”1 answers · often → AFTERNOON
    9 letters
  2. “power to act”1 answers · often → AUTHORITY
    9 letters
  3. “practical”1 answers · often → REALISTIC
    9 letters
  4. “Previous date”1 answers · often → YESTERDAY
    9 letters
  5. “producing results”1 answers · often → EFFECTIVE
    9 letters
  6. “promise”1 answers · often → GUARANTEE
    9 letters
  7. “promoting goods”1 answers · often → MARKETING
    9 letters
  8. “proposed”1 answers · often → SUGGESTED
    9 letters

Clues starting with R

  1. “referred to”1 answers · often → MENTIONED
    9 letters
  2. “relating to a company”1 answers · often → CORPORATE
    9 letters
  1. “risky”1 answers · often → DANGEROUS
    9 letters
  2. “ruined completely”1 answers · often → DESTROYED
    9 letters

Clues starting with S

  1. “set up”1 answers · often → ESTABLISH
    9 letters
  2. “shown”1 answers · often → PRESENTED
    9 letters
  3. “significant”1 answers · often → IMPORTANT
    9 letters
  4. “smallest units”1 answers · often → MOLECULES
    9 letters
  5. “state of affairs”1 answers · often → CONDITION
    9 letters
  6. “state of joy”1 answers · often → HAPPINESS
    9 letters
  1. “storage building”1 answers · often → WAREHOUSE
    9 letters
  2. “struck with admiration”1 answers · often → IMPRESSED
    9 letters
  3. “study of earth”1 answers · often → GEOGRAPHY
    9 letters
  4. “substances”1 answers · often → MATERIALS
    9 letters
  5. “suggest”1 answers · often → RECOMMEND
    9 letters
  6. “sweet cocoa treat”1 answers · often → CHOCOLATE
    9 letters

Clues starting with T

  1. “technical designers”1 answers · often → ENGINEERS
    9 letters
  2. “things asked”1 answers · often → QUESTIONS
    9 letters
  3. “tongues”1 answers · often → LANGUAGES
    9 letters
  1. “traveller”1 answers · often → PASSENGER
    9 letters
  2. “treated”1 answers · often → PROCESSED
    9 letters

Clues starting with U

  1. “understanding”1 answers · often → KNOWLEDGE
    9 letters
  2. “unpaid helper”1 answers · often → VOLUNTEER
    9 letters
  1. “Unspecified item”1 answers · often → SOMETHING
    9 letters
  2. “urgent situation”1 answers · often → EMERGENCY
    9 letters

Clues starting with V

  1. “verified”1 answers · often → CONFIRMED
    9 letters
  2. “very clever”1 answers · often → BRILLIANT
    9 letters
  3. “very greatly”1 answers · often → EXTREMELY
    9 letters
  1. “violent storm”1 answers · often → HURRICANE
    9 letters
  2. “voting events”1 answers · often → ELECTIONS
    9 letters

Clues starting with W

  1. “way to go”1 answers · often → DIRECTION
    9 letters
  2. “without doubt”1 answers · often → CERTAINLY
    9 letters
  3. “without restriction”1 answers · often → UNLIMITED
    9 letters
  4. “woodworker”1 answers · often → CARPENTER
    9 letters
  1. “word for word”1 answers · often → LITERALLY
    9 letters
  2. “workers”1 answers · often → EMPLOYEES
    9 letters
  3. “working parts”1 answers · often → MECHANISM
    9 letters
  4. “worried”1 answers · often → CONCERNED
    9 letters

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