"present"
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

NOW
The momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"

4 letters

POSE
A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

GIFT
Natural abilities or qualities

HERE
The present location; this place; "where do we go from here?"

FACE
The striking or working surface of an implement

DEMO
A visual presentation showing how something works; "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations"; "the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response"

SHOW
Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show"

GIVE
Cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"

HOST
An animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association

5 letters

STAGE
A section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"

AWARD
A grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court"

TODAY
The present time or age; "the world of today"; "today we have computers"

FAVOR
An act of gracious kindness

NONCE
The present occasion; "for the nonce"

THERE
A location other than here; that place; "you can take it from there"

OFFER
The verbal act of offering; "a generous offer of assistance"

6 letters

RENDER
Give back; "render money"

ONSITE

BESTOW
Give as a gift

ATHAND
Close in space; within reach; "the town is close at hand"

ONHAND
Readily available; "there will be a wealth of information on hand from the lawyers"

SALUTE
An act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat

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

LAYOUT
The act of laying out (as by making plans for something)

DONATE
Give to a charity or good cause; "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake"; "donate money to the orphanage"; "She donates to her favorite charity every month"

INHAND
Under control; "the riots were in hand"

IMHERE

7 letters

CURRENT
A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"

PROFFER
A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"

SERPENT
Limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

REPENTS

EXHIBIT
Something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"

DELIVER
Utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy"

PORTRAY
Portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"

8 letters

ACQUAINT
Cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"

CONFRONT
Deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"

PUTFORTH

NOWADAYS
The period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"

9 letters

ATTENDING
The act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)

LATTERDAY

INTRODUCE
Be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period"

REPRESENT
Describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"

ONTHESPOT
Without delay or immediately; "we hired her on the spot"; "thought they were going to shoot us down on the spot"

11 letters

DEMONSTRATE
Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

12 letters

PRESENTTENSE
A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking

INATTENDANCE