What does except mean in crosswords?

except means: prevent from being included or considered or accepted

Which crossword clues can have except as the answer?

Possible clues for except include "Not including".

except is also used as a crossword clue. The answer is often but, 3 letters.

Word entry · 6 letters

Best crossword clue

"Not including"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɪkˈsɛpt/Part of speech verbSorted ceeptxStarts with EEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word

1E2X3C4E5P6T

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"except" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often but (3 letters).

Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.

“I find most people annoying — present company excepted, of course!”
“But this [ban on circumcision] must have been a provocation, as the emperor Antoninus Pius later acknowledged by excepting the Jews.”
“to except to a witness or his testimony”

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01“Not including”6 letters

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