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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

AGE
How long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age"

DRY
A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages

RUB
The act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub"

SUN
The star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system; "the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system"; "the Earth revolves around the Sun"

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BAKE
Prepare with dry heat in an oven; "bake a cake"

BLOT
An act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

BURN
A place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)

CURE
A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

FADE
Gradually ceasing to be visible

FAIL
Stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

FIRE
The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"

FLAG
A conspicuously marked or shaped tail

KILN
A furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks

PINE
A coniferous tree

SEAR
Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"

SINK
A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

SWAB
Implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion

THIN
Take off weight

WANE
A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

WIPE
The act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub"

WILT
Causing to become limp or drooping

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DRYUP
Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found"

WIZEN
Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"

BLAST
A very long fly ball

BRUSH
Contact with something dangerous or undesirable; "I had a brush with danger on my way to work"; "he tried to avoid any brushes with the police"

DRAIN
Emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

DROOP
Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

GETON
Appear in a show, on T.V. or radio; "The news won't be on tonight"

MUMMY
A body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)

PARCH
Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"

SHAKE
Undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"

SMOKE
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"

TOWEL
A rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping

WASTE
Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"

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TOTTER
Move without being stable, as if threatening to fall; "The drunk man tottered over to our table"

WEAZEN

WELTER
Toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours"

BLIGHT

WITHER
Wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

SHRINK
A physician who specializes in psychiatry

CURLUP
Shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"

DODDER
A leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria

SCORCH
Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"

SOAKUP
Devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"

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

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SUN-DRY

CRUMPLE
Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"

CONSUME
Engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"

DECLINE
Change toward something smaller or lower

GROWOLD

MUMMIFY
Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found"

SHRIVEL
Decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

TORREFY

WRINKLE
Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"

AIR-DRY
Not giving off moisture on exposure to the air

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DIMINISH
Decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

EMACIATE
Cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"

FADEAWAY
Become weaker; "The sound faded out"

GETALONG
Develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

INSOLATE
Expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These herbs suffer when sunned"

LANGUISH
Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

MACERATE
Cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"

PUCKERUP

TURNGRAY

CONTRACT
A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

9 letters

SHRIVELUP
Wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

ANHYDRATE

ATTENUATE
Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)

DEHYDRATE
Remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"

DESICCATE
Remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"

EMACERATE

EVAPORATE
Become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"

EXSICCATE
Lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"

FOSSILIZE
Become mentally inflexible

PRESHRINK

SANFORIZE

TURNWHITE

WASTEAWAY

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DEHUMIDIFY
Make less humid; "The air conditioner dehumidifies the air in the summer"

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