Consume
Crossword Clue and Answers

Looking for answers to the "Consume" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 25 crossword solutions for Consume.

We most recently saw this clue in Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

We deem Consume to be a VERY COMMON crossword clue as we've seen it more than 25 times in a variety of crossword publications.

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 8 Dec 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 24 Nov 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Monday, 15 Nov 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 10 Nov 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 25 Oct 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 18 Oct 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 27 Sep 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Tuesday, 21 Sep 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 11 Aug 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 9 Aug 2021
  • The Guardian Quick - Thursday, 5 Aug 2021

Crossword Answers

3 letters

USE
Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous"

EAT
Take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"

4 letters

HAVE
A person who possesses great material wealth

TAKE
Engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

DOWN
(American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards"

WARE
Commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products"

5 letters

WASTE
Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"

USEUP
Require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"

EATUP
Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

6 letters

DEVOUR
Eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"

INGEST
Serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

TAKEIN

ENGULF
Flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely"

TAKEIN
Make (clothes) smaller; "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"

EXPEND
Use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions"

ABSORB
Cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"

7 letters

POSSESS
Have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

SWALLOW
Engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"

WIPEOUT
A spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)

DEPLETE
Use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

EXHAUST
Eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

8 letters

SQUANDER
Spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"

9 letters

GOTHROUGH
Eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

10 letters

RUNTHROUGH
Use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

13 letters

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