Cleave
Crossword Clue and Answers

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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Evening Standard Easy Crossword.

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 11 Nov 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Tuesday, 8 Jun 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 7 Jun 2021
  • The Mirror Classic - Saturday, 8 May 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 22 Apr 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Monday, 12 Apr 2021
  • The Mirror Quick - Saturday, 10 Apr 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 4 Mar 2021
  • The Mirror Classic - Saturday, 23 Jan 2021
  • The Mirror Quick - Tuesday, 22 Dec 2020
  • The Mirror Classic - Monday, 26 Oct 2020
  • The Daily Mail Quick - Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Crossword Answers

3 letters

HEW
Strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"

4 letters

REND
Tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

RIVE
Tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

5 letters

SEVER
Set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"

SPLIT
The act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

CLING
Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit

STICK
Stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"

6 letters

SUNDER
Break apart or in two, using violence

COHERE
Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

BISECT
Cut in half or cut in two; "bisect a line"

ADHERE
Follow through or carry out a plan without deviation; "They adhered to their plan"

9 letters

CHOPSTICK
One of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with