Hanger-on
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

FAN
A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces

MAN
Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

BAT
Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

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EAVE

BUFF
A medium to dark tan color

GOON
An awkward stupid person

SERF
(Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

PEON
A laborer who is obliged to do menial work

SNOB
A person regarded as arrogant and annoying

TAIL
The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

THUG
An aggressive and violent young criminal

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DUMMY
A cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet

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

SLAVE
A person who is owned by someone

SQUAT
The act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

LEECH
Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

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MINION
A servile or fawning dependant

FLUNKY
A person of unquestioning obedience

GILLIE
A young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief

JACKAL
Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair

LACKEY
A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

PUBLIC
Not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole; "the public good"; "public libraries"; "public funds"; "public parks"; "a public scandal"; "public gardens"; "performers and members of royal families are public figures"

PUPPET
A doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers

SHADOW
Something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"

SPONGE
Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

STOOGE
A victim of ridicule or pranks

SUCKER
Mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps

VASSAL
A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

VOTARY
A devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity; "the cultured votary of science"

YEOMAN
Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch

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DANGLER

PURSUER
A person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture; "always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers"

SECTARY
A member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect"

SERVANT
In a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"

SPONGER
A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

TAGTAIL

WANNABE
An ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"

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PARASITE
An animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host

TAGALONG
Someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along

9 letters

SYCOPHANT
A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

SUPPORTER
A band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)

10 letters

WARDHEELER

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BLOODSUCKER
Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

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LOUNGELIZARD
A man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him

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UNDERSTRAPPER

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CAVALIERESERVENTE