Caution
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

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CUE
Sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards

TIP
An indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

TLC
Considerate and solicitous care; "young children need lots of TLC"

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CLUE
A slight indication

HEED
Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences"

HINT
An indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

IDEA
An approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

MOVE
Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"

URGE
A strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?"

CARE
Attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard"

WARN
Notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"

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ALERT
A warning serves to make you more alert to danger

DAUNT
Cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

HEDGE
Any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change

LIMIT
The greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"

MORAL
The significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"

STAKE
A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground

STEER
Castrated bull

ALARM
A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

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ADVISE
Give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"

EXHORT
Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"

FALTER
The act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"

INCITE
Provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

INDUCE
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

LESSON
A unit of instruction; "he took driving lessons"

MARGIN
A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

NOTICE
The act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the notice of the police"

ENJOIN
Issue an injunction

NOTIFY
Inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due"

PARLEY
A negotiation between enemies

PREACH
Deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"

PROMPT
(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command

REGARD
A long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me"

THREAT
A warning that something unpleasant is imminent; "they were under threat of arrest"

TIPOFF
Give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot"

TIPOFF
Give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot"

OFFICE
A job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

CAVEAT
A warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair practices"

MONISH
Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"

CHARGE
A special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"

ADVICE
A proposal for an appropriate course of action

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DEPOSIT
The act of putting something somewhere

EXAMPLE
An occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"

FORFEIT
The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

HEDGING
Any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change

OPINION
The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

POINTER
A strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game

THOUGHT
The process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

WHISPER
Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

WARNING
Notification of something, usually in advance; "they gave little warning of their arrival"; "she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin"

CAUTION
The trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger; "a man of caution"

CONCERN
Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"

COUNCIL
(Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine

COUNSEL
Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

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THREATEN
To be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"

PRUDENCE
Discretion in practical affairs

ADMONISH
Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"

WARINESS
The trait of being cautious and watchful

FOREWARN
Warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning; "I forewarned him of the trouble that would arise if he showed up at his ex-wife's house"

ADVISING

ADVOCACY
Active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something

ALERTING
A warning serves to make you more alert to danger

BRIEFING
Detailed instructions, as for a military operation

CRYHAVOC

DISSUADE
Turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"

DISTRUST
Doubt about someone's honesty

GUIDANCE
The act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"

INTIMATE
Someone to whom private matters are confided

PERSUADE
Win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters"

MONITION
A summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted

KIDOUTOF

PROPOSAL
Something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)

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ENCOURAGE
Spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"

FORESIGHT
Seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing

HESITANCE
A feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something

HESITANCY
A certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed"

HORTATION

LEERINESS

SUSPICION
Being of a suspicious nature; "his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage"

TALKOUTOF
Persuade someone not to do something

FALTERING
The act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"

ULTIMATUM
A final peremptory demand

VIGILANCE
Vigilant attentiveness; "he keeps a weather eye open for trouble"

ALERTNESS
Lively attentiveness

ATTENTION
The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"

CANNINESS

DETERMENT
A communication that makes you afraid to try something

DIRECTION
The act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"

ECCENTRIC
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

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DETERRENCE
A communication that makes you afraid to try something

COLLATERAL
Accompany, concomitant; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"

PRECAUTION
A precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.; "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down"

ADMONITION
Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"; "the warning was to beware of surprises"; "his final word of advice was not to play with matches"

DIFFIDENCE
Lack of self-confidence

DISCRETION
The power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

GIVENOTICE
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

HESITATING
Lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly

HESITATION
A certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed"

INJUNCTION
(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"

INTIMIDATE
Make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her"