Subject
Crossword Clue & Answers

2 December 2021
Last seen in: Irish Independent - Simple

We found 29 answers for the crossword clue 'Subject', the most recent of which was seen in the Irish Independent - Simple.

We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.

We have given Subject a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Subject as an answer itself some 113 times.

Subject is a single word clue made up of 7 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Irish Independent - Simple' on Monday, 13 December 2021 with the answer being TOPIC, we also found TOPIC to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Irish Independent - Simple - 13 Dec 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 21 Oct 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 29 Sep 2021
• The Guardian Quick - 16 Aug 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 27 Jul 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 26 Jul 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 16 Jun 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 3 Feb 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 23 Jan 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 14 Jan 2021

Definitions and usage

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• Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"
• Some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
• (logic) the first term of a proposition
• The subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"
• A branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
• A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
• Cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"
• Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"
• Make subservient; force to submit or subdue
• Likely to be affected by something; "the bond is subject to taxation"; "he is subject to fits of depression"
• Refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court"
• Make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"
• (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
• A person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
• Possibly accepting or permitting; "a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation"

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

RRE

4 Letters

CASE
A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord"

OPEN
Information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface"

TEXT
The words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"

5 Letters

FIELD
A particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field"

ISSUE
The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity); "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"

LIEGE
City in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium

MOTIF
A design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration

PRONE
Lying face downward

STUDY
Preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint"

THEME
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

TOPIC
Some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"

6 Letters

LIABLE
(often followed by `to') likely to be affected with; "liable to diabetes"

MATTER
That which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"

SUBMIT
Make over as a return; "They had to render the estate"

7 Letters

CAPABLE
(followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for; "no one believed her capable of murder"

CITIZEN
A native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

CONQUER
To put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

CONTENT
Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"

8 Letters

NATIONAL
Limited to or in the interests of a particular nation; "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy"

9 Letters

BAILIWICK
A branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"

DEPENDENT
Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"

GUINEAPIG
Stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research

SUBJUGATE
Make subservient; force to submit or subdue

10 Letters

DISCIPLINE
A system of rules of conduct or method of practice; "he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine"; "for such a plan to work requires discipline";

11 Letters

SUBJECTAREA
A branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"

12 Letters

FIELDOFSTUDY
A branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"

SUBJECTFIELD
A branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"

14 Letters

DEPICTEDOBJECT
Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"