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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

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"

JOT
A slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

4 letters

MITE
Any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods

WIND
Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"

LEAD
A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers"

CLUE
A slight indication

IOTA
The 9th letter of the Greek alphabet

5 letters

TRACE
A drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

SHADE
Protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight; "they used umbrellas as shades"; "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"

TINGE
A pale or subdued color

INFER
Believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"

STEER
Castrated bull

TASTE
Have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg"

CLUES

IMPLY
Express or state indirectly

GETAT
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

PINCH
Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"

SPECK
A very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"

TOUCH
The act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"

6 letters

BREATH
The process of taking in and expelling air during breathing; "he took a deep breath and dived into the pool"; "he was fighting to his last breath"

NUANCE
A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"

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

ALLUDE
Make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"

7 letters

VESTIGE
An indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"

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

SOUPCON
A slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

INKLING
A slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"

SMIDGEN
A tiny or scarcely detectable amount

SUGGEST
Suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

WRINKLE
Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"

8 letters

REMINDER
An experience that causes you to remember something

SUBTLETY
The quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew"

OVERTONE
A harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

INTIMATE
Someone to whom private matters are confided

9 letters

INSINUATE
Introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner; "He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table"

10 letters

INTIMATION
A slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"

SUGGESTION
The act of inducing hypnosis

11 letters

IMPLICATION
A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"

23 letters

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