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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ICY
Shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice; "roads and trees glazed with an icy film"

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COOL
Loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"

COLD
The sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"

MEEK
Evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant; "compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others"; "a fine fiery blast against meek conformity"- Orville Prescott; "she looked meek but had the heart of a lion"; "was submissive and subservient"

PENT
Closely confined

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ALOOF
Remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"

BLANK
A blank gap or missing part

SOBER
Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"

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PENTUP

KEPTUP
Kept in good condition

OFFISH
Lacking cordiality; unfriendly; "a standoffish manner"

REMOTE
A device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV"

MODEST
Limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"

CHILLY
Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

FRIGID
Sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"

FROSTY
Pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"

LOCKED

HELDIN

KEPTIN

PENTUP

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MUFFLED
Wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children muffled almost to the eyebrows"

SUBDUED
Not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting"

STIFLED
Held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"

UPTIGHT
Being in a tense state

LETHEAN

BLOCKED
Completely obstructed or closed off; "the storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges"; "the drain was plugged"

BASHFUL
Disposed to avoid notice; "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)

SMASHED
Very drunk

REMOVED
Separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"

PUTDOWN
Make a record of; set down in permanent form

PASSIVE
Expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor passive sentences"

QUELLED
Subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor"

DISTANT
Located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote stars"

CRUSHED
Subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"

QUASHED

GUARDED
Prudent; "guarded optimism"

CHILLED

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STANDOFF
The act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand

RETIRING
Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"

UNGENIAL

RESERVED
Marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West

OLYMPIAN
A classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans

HEEDLESS
Marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying"

SQUASHED
That has been violently compressed; "the squashed looking nakedness of the fledgling birds"

RETICENT
Reluctant to draw attention to yourself

DISCREET
Heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor"

DETACHED
No longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases"

COMPOSED
Serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time"

BACKWARD
Having made less than normal progress; "an economically backward country"

AMNESTIC
Of or relating to or caused by amnesia

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UNMINDFUL
(followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of; "oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform"; "oblivious to the risks she ran"; "not unmindful of the heavy responsibility"

UNAFFABLE

SMOTHERED
Completely covered; "bonnets smothered with flowers"; "smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy"

SHRINKING
The act of becoming less

SQUELCHED
Subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor"

INHIBITED
Held back or restrained or prevented; "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear"

IMPASSIVE
Deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"

REPRESSED
Characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions; "her severe upbringing had left her inhibited"; "a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease"; "their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions"; "repressed rage turned his face scarlet"

FORGETFUL
Failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"

CONVERTED
Spiritually reborn or converted; "a born-again Christian"

WITHDRAWN
Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"

OBLIVIOUS

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FORBIDDING
An official prohibition or edict against something

SUPPRESSED
Kept from public knowledge by various means;

SUFFOCATED

RESTRAINED
Marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"

IMPERSONAL
Having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer"

FORGETTING

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UNEXPANSIVE
Not given to high spirits or effusiveness; "an unexpansive man"

UNCONGENIAL
Used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted

STANDOFFISH
Lacking cordiality; unfriendly; "a standoffish manner"

INTROVERTED
Given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences

DOWNTRODDEN
Abused or oppressed by people in power

CONSTRAINED
Lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"

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SUBCONSCIOUS
Psychic activity just below the level of awareness

INACCESSIBLE
Capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all

ABSENTMINDED
Lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"

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ABSENT-MINDED

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UNAPPROACHABLE
Inaccessibly located or situated; "an unapproachable chalet high in the mountains"; "an unreachable canyon"; "the unreachable stars"

EXPRESSIONLESS
Deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"

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UNDEMONSTRATIVE
Not given to open expression of emotion

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INCLINEDTOFORGET