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Crossword Answers

3 letters

RIB
Subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

4 letters

MAIN
A principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

PEAK
A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"

AONE

5 letters

BLOOM
A powdery deposit on a surface

FIRST
Ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"

FLUSH
Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

READY
Completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress; "get ready"; "she is ready to resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup will be ready in a minute"; "ready to learn to read"

CHIEF
A person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"

PRIZE
To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

ELECT
An exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have power inside the government"

6 letters

CHOICE
The act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

GROUND
The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

FLOWER
Produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed"

CLASSA

CLASSA

SELECT
Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

HEYDAY
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity

7 letters

CENTRAL
A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

BLOSSOM
Produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed"

PREPARE
Lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord; "prepare the discord in bar 139"

QUALITY
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

PREMIER
The person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom

8 letters

MERIDIAN
An imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude"

FOREMOST
Before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"

CARDINAL
Crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

9 letters

UNDERCOAT
Thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair

FIRSTRATE

11 letters

FUNDAMENTAL
The lowest tone of a harmonic series

PRIMEOFLIFE
The time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest

13 letters

EFFLORESCENCE
A powdery deposit on a surface

PRIMEQUANTITY
A number that has no factor but itself and 1