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“across the globe”

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Clues starting with A

  1. “across the globe”1 answers · often → WORLDWIDE
    9 letters
  2. “Act jointly”1 answers · often → COOPERATE
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  3. “Act of copying”1 answers · often → IMITATION
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  4. “Act of holding back”1 answers · often → RESTRAINT
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  5. “Appropriately enough”1 answers · often → FITTINGLY
    9 letters
  6. “Aromatic garnish”1 answers · often → CORIANDER
    9 letters
  1. “arranged”1 answers · often → ORGANISED
    9 letters
  2. “as well as”1 answers · often → INCLUDING
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  3. “assembled”1 answers · often → COLLECTED
    9 letters
  4. “assigned to role”1 answers · often → APPOINTED
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  5. “Assume for argument”1 answers · often → POSTULATE
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  6. “at this time”1 answers · often → CURRENTLY
    9 letters

Clues starting with B

  1. “bad dream”1 answers · often → NIGHTMARE
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  2. “basic”1 answers · often → PRIMITIVE
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  3. “basic truth”1 answers · often → PRINCIPLE
    9 letters
  4. “Becomes aware of”1 answers · often → PERCEIVES
    9 letters
  5. “Beer-making sites”1 answers · often → BREWERIES
    9 letters
  6. “best part”1 answers · often → HIGHLIGHT
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  1. “Boat hull level”1 answers · often → WATERLINE
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  2. “bought”1 answers · often → PURCHASED
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  3. “Brand identifier”1 answers · often → TRADEMARK
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  4. “Broken bits”1 answers · often → FRAGMENTS
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  5. “Brought to an end”1 answers · often → CONCLUDED
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  6. “businesses”1 answers · often → COMPANIES
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Clues starting with C

  1. “can be replaced”1 answers · often → RENEWABLE
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  2. “captured on tape”1 answers · often → RECORDING
    9 letters
  3. “Catch on the way”1 answers · often → INTERCEPT
    9 letters
  4. “caught off guard”1 answers · often → SURPRISED
    9 letters
  5. “Change of route”1 answers · often → DIVERSION
    9 letters
  6. “choices made”1 answers · often → DECISIONS
    9 letters
  7. “choosing”1 answers · often → SELECTING
    9 letters
  8. “circumstances”1 answers · often → SITUATION
    9 letters
  9. “Citrus peel spread”1 answers · often → MARMALADE
    9 letters
  10. “clearly”1 answers · often → OBVIOUSLY
    9 letters
  11. “clients”1 answers · often → CUSTOMERS
    9 letters
  1. “Coated like a wall”1 answers · often → PLASTERED
    9 letters
  2. “coming after”1 answers · often → FOLLOWING
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  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. “Conduct patterns”1 answers · often → BEHAVIORS
    9 letters
  7. “Confident certainty”1 answers · often → ASSURANCE
    9 letters
  8. “contingent on”1 answers · often → DEPENDING
    9 letters
  9. “Courteous fellow”1 answers · often → GENTLEMAN
    9 letters
  10. “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. “Dense holiday loaf”1 answers · often → FRUITCAKE
    9 letters
  4. “devoted”1 answers · often → COMMITTED
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  5. “difference”1 answers · often → VARIATION
    9 letters
  1. “difficult test”1 answers · often → CHALLENGE
    9 letters
  2. “Discouraging factor”1 answers · often → DETERRENT
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  3. “Distinctive quality”1 answers · often → ATTRIBUTE
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  4. “Doubtful in attitude”1 answers · often → SKEPTICAL
    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. “Easy to adjust”1 answers · often → ADAPTABLE
    9 letters
  4. “effect on others”1 answers · often → INFLUENCE
    9 letters
  1. “Erode from below”1 answers · often → UNDERMINE
    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. “Fade gradually”1 answers · often → DISSIPATE
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  2. “family home”1 answers · often → HOUSEHOLD
    9 letters
  3. “fault-finding”1 answers · often → CRITICISM
    9 letters
  4. “favourable position”1 answers · often → ADVANTAGE
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  5. “fictional person”1 answers · often → CHARACTER
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  6. “Filled pastry folds”1 answers · often → TURNOVERS
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  7. “financial protection”1 answers · often → INSURANCE
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  8. “Finely beautiful”1 answers · often → EXQUISITE
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  9. “First ceremonial”1 answers · often → INAUGURAL
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  10. “first meal”1 answers · often → BREAKFAST
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  11. “flat”1 answers · often → APARTMENT
    9 letters
  1. “focused notice”1 answers · often → ATTENTION
    9 letters
  2. “Food kept for later”1 answers · often → LEFTOVERS
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  3. “for everyone”1 answers · often → UNIVERSAL
    9 letters
  4. “Forerunner”1 answers · often → PRECURSOR
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  5. “Formal teachings”1 answers · often → DOCTRINES
    9 letters
  6. “Formed in the mind”1 answers · often → CONCEIVED
    9 letters
  7. “from the outset”1 answers · often → INITIALLY
    9 letters
  8. “Frothy dairy drink”1 answers · often → MILKSHAKE
    9 letters
  9. “full of feeling”1 answers · often → EMOTIONAL
    9 letters
  10. “fundamentally”1 answers · often → BASICALLY
    9 letters

Clues starting with G

  1. “Gave approval”1 answers · often → CONSENTED
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  2. “give support”1 answers · often → ENCOURAGE
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  3. “giving”1 answers · often → PROVIDING
    9 letters
  4. “Go out of sight”1 answers · often → DISAPPEAR
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  5. “Go together with”1 answers · often → ACCOMPANY
    9 letters
  1. “got better”1 answers · often → RECOVERED
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  2. “Government by voters”1 answers · often → DEMOCRACY
    9 letters
  3. “Great prosperity”1 answers · often → AFFLUENCE
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  4. “grew”1 answers · often → DEVELOPED
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  5. “Grounded in evidence”1 answers · often → EMPIRICAL
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Clues starting with H

  1. “handling of an issue”1 answers · often → TREATMENT
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  2. “hard”1 answers · often → DIFFICULT
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  3. “Have a source”1 answers · often → ORIGINATE
    9 letters
  4. “Have greater count”1 answers · often → OUTNUMBER
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  5. “Having knowledge”1 answers · often → COGNIZANT
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  1. “head of state”1 answers · often → PRESIDENT
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  2. “held within”1 answers · often → CONTAINED
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  3. “helper”1 answers · often → ASSISTANT
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  4. “Host or amuse”1 answers · often → ENTERTAIN
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  5. “household items”1 answers · often → FURNITURE
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Clues starting with I

  1. “if not”1 answers · often → OTHERWISE
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  2. “Illumination from behind”1 answers · often → BACKLIGHT
    9 letters
  3. “in a rare way”1 answers · often → UNUSUALLY
    9 letters
  4. “In an unnamed place”1 answers · often → SOMEWHERE
    9 letters
  5. “in another place”1 answers · often → ELSEWHERE
    9 letters
  6. “In better condition”1 answers · often → HEALTHIER
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  7. “In command”1 answers · often → GOVERNING
    9 letters
  1. “in conformity with”1 answers · often → ACCORDING
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  2. “In fine fashion”1 answers · often → ADMIRABLY
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  3. “in secret”1 answers · often → PRIVATELY
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  4. “In urgent need”1 answers · often → DESPERATE
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  5. “Inclined to chat”1 answers · often → TALKATIVE
    9 letters
  6. “industrial equipment”1 answers · often → MACHINERY
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  7. “It appears so”1 answers · often → EVIDENTLY
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Clues starting with J

  1. “Just mentioned above”1 answers · often → FOREGOING
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Clues starting with K

  1. “Kept from decay”1 answers · often → PRESERVED
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Clues starting with L

  1. “Lack of flexibility”1 answers · often → STIFFNESS
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  2. “Lacking hue”1 answers · often → COLORLESS
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  3. “large hills”1 answers · often → MOUNTAINS
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  4. “large numbers”1 answers · often → THOUSANDS
    9 letters
  5. “lasting forever”1 answers · often → PERMANENT
    9 letters
  6. “learning”1 answers · often → EDUCATION
    9 letters
  7. “leaving”1 answers · often → DEPARTURE
    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
  6. “Low-frequency speaker”1 answers · often → SUBWOOFER
    9 letters

Clues starting with M

  1. “made available”1 answers · often → PUBLISHED
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  2. “made clear”1 answers · often → EXPLAINED
    9 letters
  3. “Make awkward”1 answers · often → EMBARRASS
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  4. “Makes illegal”1 answers · often → PROHIBITS
    9 letters
  5. “male partner”1 answers · often → BOYFRIEND
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  6. “mark an occasion”1 answers · often → CELEBRATE
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  1. “Match result row”1 answers · often → SCORELINE
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  2. “Matching on both sides”1 answers · often → SYMMETRIC
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  3. “most liked”1 answers · often → FAVOURITE
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  4. “Move goods”1 answers · often → TRANSPORT
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  5. “mutual understanding”1 answers · often → AGREEMENT
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Clues starting with N

  1. “nations”1 answers · often → COUNTRIES
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  2. “needed”1 answers · often → NECESSARY
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  3. “no longer in progress”1 answers · often → COMPLETED
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  4. “no longer remembered”1 answers · often → FORGOTTEN
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  1. “Not fully decided”1 answers · often → UNCERTAIN
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  2. “Not naturally made”1 answers · often → SYNTHETIC
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  3. “not permanent”1 answers · often → TEMPORARY
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Clues starting with O

  1. “obtainable”1 answers · often → AVAILABLE
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  2. “occasionally”1 answers · often → SOMETIMES
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  3. “occurring”1 answers · often → HAPPENING
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  4. “of faith”1 answers · often → RELIGIOUS
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  5. “of politics”1 answers · often → POLITICAL
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  6. “office worker”1 answers · often → SECRETARY
    9 letters
  1. “officially stated”1 answers · often → ANNOUNCED
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  2. “one standing for office”1 answers · often → CANDIDATE
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  3. “organisation”1 answers · often → STRUCTURE
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  4. “Other than”1 answers · often → EXCEPTING
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  5. “outdoor scenery”1 answers · often → LANDSCAPE
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  6. “Outlook”1 answers · often → MENTALITY
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Clues starting with P

  1. “Part of its nature”1 answers · often → INTRINSIC
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  2. “people who live there”1 answers · often → RESIDENTS
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  3. “plan of activities”1 answers · often → PROGRAMME
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  4. “planned”1 answers · often → SCHEDULED
    9 letters
  5. “planned ahead”1 answers · often → PROJECTED
    9 letters
  6. “pleasant”1 answers · often → ENJOYABLE
    9 letters
  7. “pleasing to see”1 answers · often → BEAUTIFUL
    9 letters
  8. “possession”1 answers · often → OWNERSHIP
    9 letters
  9. “post-midday hours”1 answers · often → AFTERNOON
    9 letters
  1. “power to act”1 answers · often → AUTHORITY
    9 letters
  2. “practical”1 answers · often → REALISTIC
    9 letters
  3. “Previous date”1 answers · often → YESTERDAY
    9 letters
  4. “Principled honesty”1 answers · often → INTEGRITY
    9 letters
  5. “Produce again”1 answers · often → REPLICATE
    9 letters
  6. “producing results”1 answers · often → EFFECTIVE
    9 letters
  7. “promise”1 answers · often → GUARANTEE
    9 letters
  8. “promoting goods”1 answers · often → MARKETING
    9 letters
  9. “proposed”1 answers · often → SUGGESTED
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Clues starting with R

  1. “Received from family”1 answers · often → INHERITED
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  2. “referred to”1 answers · often → MENTIONED
    9 letters
  3. “relating to a company”1 answers · often → CORPORATE
    9 letters
  1. “Relating to the belly”1 answers · often → ABDOMINAL
    9 letters
  2. “ruined completely”1 answers · often → DESTROYED
    9 letters

Clues starting with S

  1. “Safely kept”1 answers · often → CONSERVED
    9 letters
  2. “Science of substances”1 answers · often → CHEMISTRY
    9 letters
  3. “Serviceberry fruit”1 answers · often → SASKATOON
    9 letters
  4. “significant”1 answers · often → IMPORTANT
    9 letters
  5. “Sites”1 answers · often → LOCATIONS
    9 letters
  6. “smallest units”1 answers · often → MOLECULES
    9 letters
  7. “Socially refined”1 answers · often → CIVILISED
    9 letters
  8. “Soda-fountain drink”1 answers · often → PHOSPHATE
    9 letters
  9. “Specific cases”1 answers · often → INSTANCES
    9 letters
  10. “State aloud”1 answers · often → PRONOUNCE
    9 letters
  11. “state of affairs”1 answers · often → CONDITION
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  1. “state of joy”1 answers · often → HAPPINESS
    9 letters
  2. “Steady careful work”1 answers · often → DILIGENCE
    9 letters
  3. “storage building”1 answers · often → WAREHOUSE
    9 letters
  4. “Story account”1 answers · often → NARRATIVE
    9 letters
  5. “Streamside edge”1 answers · often → RIVERBANK
    9 letters
  6. “struck with admiration”1 answers · often → IMPRESSED
    9 letters
  7. “study of earth”1 answers · often → GEOGRAPHY
    9 letters
  8. “Study of word roots”1 answers · often → ETYMOLOGY
    9 letters
  9. “substances”1 answers · often → MATERIALS
    9 letters
  10. “sweet cocoa treat”1 answers · often → CHOCOLATE
    9 letters

Clues starting with T

  1. “Tabletop flavoring”1 answers · often → CONDIMENT
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  2. “Taking office”1 answers · often → ACCESSION
    9 letters
  3. “Tart red fruit”1 answers · often → CRANBERRY
    9 letters
  4. “technical designers”1 answers · often → ENGINEERS
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  5. “Tells in words”1 answers · often → DESCRIBES
    9 letters
  1. “things asked”1 answers · often → QUESTIONS
    9 letters
  2. “Tined farm implement”1 answers · often → PITCHFORK
    9 letters
  3. “tongues”1 answers · often → LANGUAGES
    9 letters
  4. “traveller”1 answers · often → PASSENGER
    9 letters
  5. “treated”1 answers · often → PROCESSED
    9 letters

Clues starting with U

  1. “understanding”1 answers · often → KNOWLEDGE
    9 letters
  2. “Unfair treatment”1 answers · often → INJUSTICE
    9 letters
  3. “unpaid helper”1 answers · often → VOLUNTEER
    9 letters
  1. “Unspecified item”1 answers · often → SOMETHING
    9 letters
  2. “Urban open ring”1 answers · often → GREENBELT
    9 letters
  3. “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
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Clues starting with W

  1. “Warmed for development”1 answers · often → INCUBATED
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  2. “way to go”1 answers · often → DIRECTION
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  3. “Weedkiller”1 answers · often → HERBICIDE
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  4. “With approval”1 answers · often → FAVORABLY
    9 letters
  5. “With firm refusal”1 answers · often → ADAMANTLY
    9 letters
  6. “With leave to proceed”1 answers · often → PERMITTED
    9 letters
  7. “without doubt”1 answers · often → CERTAINLY
    9 letters
  8. “Without evidence”1 answers · often → UNFOUNDED
    9 letters
  1. “without restriction”1 answers · often → UNLIMITED
    9 letters
  2. “woodworker”1 answers · often → CARPENTER
    9 letters
  3. “word for word”1 answers · often → LITERALLY
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  4. “workers”1 answers · often → EMPLOYEES
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  5. “working parts”1 answers · often → MECHANISM
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  6. “worried”1 answers · often → CONCERNED
    9 letters
  7. “Worthy of approval”1 answers · often → ADMIRABLE
    9 letters
  8. “Worthy of imitation”1 answers · often → EXEMPLARY
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