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Crossword Answers

3 letters

AGE
How long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age"

4 letters

BEDE
(Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)

LAKE
A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

GABO

LINE
The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"

LAND
Agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"

SPIN
A distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story"

EWEN

DEAD
People who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"

WIFE
A married woman; a man's partner in marriage

PHIL

YOUR

OWEN
Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)

WELL
An open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)

PINK
A light shade of red

5 letters

TURNS

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

IRENE

TULIP
Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower

ISAAC
(Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau

MITRE
Joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner

FORCE
An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

PLAYS

JOYCE
Influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)

GEARS

WORDS
Language that is spoken or written; "he has a gift for words"; "she put her thoughts into words"

HOMER
A base hit on which the batter scores a run

CLOCK
A timepiece that shows the time of day

DAVID
French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825)

CASES

ACTED

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

YOUNG
Any immature animal

SEVEN
One of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face

MILEY

6 letters

ISLAND
A zone or area resembling an island

INHALF

PUZZLE
A game that tests your ingenuity

WRIGHT
United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)

ASABEE

7 letters

EDOUARD

STANLEY
Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)

SHOUTAT

OVERTHE

GALLERY
A long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose; "shooting gallery"

INAFREE

SHALLOW
A stretch of shallow water

CHELSEA

ITHINKI

ALIBABA
The fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment

RAISING
The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

SWORDOF

ANALYZE
Break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market"

INTOTHE

MICHAEL
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews

TRUCIAL

ABRAHAM
The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son; "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each has a special claim on Abraham"

ALANJAY

DOROTHY

ROOSTER
Adult male chicken

HARLOTS

SETTING
Arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted

PHINEAS

HOLLAND
A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level

THEFULL

RAREBIT
Cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast

MONARCH
Large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed

THEMAIN

LETTERS
The literary culture; "this book shows American letters at its best"

GENERAL
A fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he discussed the general but neglected the particular"

MEETING
The social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"

ASIFALI

JESSICA

CHARLIE

THELOST

NATASHA

THELORD

STEPHEN
English writer (1832-1904)

BUILDER
A substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action

FROMTHE

OFHUMAN

FORWHOM

LOVEAND

LOVEYOU

ENGLISH
The people of England

THESNOW

THELUCK

YOUNGMR

SWOOSIE

PRIVATE
Not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts"

BERNESE

SPANISH
The people of Spain

PRIZZIS

HILAIRE

BURKINA

SHARPES

LASTING
Retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes"

EDICTOF

RITESOF

8 letters

AUDIENCE
The part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment; "every artist needs an audience"; "the broadcast reached an audience of millions"