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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ADO
A rapid active commotion

FIT
The manner in which something fits; "I admired the fit of her coat"

4 letters

COIL
Make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"

CURL
Wind around something in coils or loops

FLAP
Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"

FUME
Be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face

FUSS
A rapid active commotion

GULF
An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy"

GYRE
A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

KINK
An eccentric idea

REEL
Music composed for dancing a reel

ROLL
Walking with a swaying gait

SPIN
A distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story"

STEW
Food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables

STIR
A rapid active commotion

TODO

TURN
Get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year"

WAKE
A vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake"

WASH
The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

EDDY
Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)

5 letters

SWIRL
Flow in a circular current, of liquids

WHIRL
Confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"

BURST
The act of exploding or bursting; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

GURGE

HELIX
Type genus of the family Helicidae

HURRY
The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

ROUND
The usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his rounds"

SCREW
A fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head

SPASM
(pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)

SPOUT
An opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain

SPURT
Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

SURGE
Rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"

SWEAT
Use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"

TWIRL
The act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"

TWIST
Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"

WHEEL
A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

WHORL
A strand or cluster of hair

6 letters

BOTHER
Make confused or perplexed or puzzled

BUSTLE
A rapid active commotion

CIRRUS
A slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile

FLURRY
Cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

HUBBUB
Loud confused noise from many sources

POTHER
An excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"

REFLUX
The outward flow of the tide

RUFFLE
A noisy fight

SCROLL
A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

SPIRAL
Move in a spiral or zigzag course

STREAM
The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

TUMULT
Violent agitation

UPROAR
A state of commotion and noise and confusion

VOLUTE
A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

VORTEX
A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

7 letters

EVOLUTE

EXHAUST
Eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

FERMENT
A state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest"

FLUSTER
Cause to be nervous or upset

FLUTTER
The act of moving back and forth

RATRACE
An exhausting routine that leaves no time for relaxation

RINGLET
Any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae

TENDRIL
Slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support

TURMOIL
Disturbance usually in protest

UNQUIET
Characterized by unrest or disorder; "unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning"

TORNADO
A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

8 letters

BACKFLOW
A flow that returns toward its source

BACKWASH
The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"

BROUHAHA
A confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits

CONTRAIL
An artificial cloud created by an aircraft; caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust

CURLICUE
A short twisting line

INVOLUTE
Especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward

PELLMELL

SCRAMBLE
Rushing about hastily in an undignified way

SWIRLING

VOLUTION
A rolling or revolving motion

9 letters

AGITATION
The act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously)

BACKWATER
A body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos"

CHARYBDIS
(Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla

COMMOTION
The act of making a noisy disturbance

CORKSCREW
A bottle opener that pulls corks

FEERYFARY

FUSSINESS
Unnecessary elaborateness in details

PIROUETTE
(ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet)

REFLUENCE

WATERFALL
A steep descent of the water of a river

WHIRLWIND
A more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth

WHIRLPOOL
A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

MAELSTROM
A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

10 letters

BACKSTREAM

DIZZYROUND

EBULLIENCE
Overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval

EBULLITION
An unrestrained expression of emotion

HULLABALOO
Disturbance usually in protest

HURLYBURLY
A disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"

TURBULENCE
Unstable flow of a liquid or gas

VAPORTRAIL

YEASTINESS

11 letters

BOTHERATION
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"

COUNTERFLOW

HURRYSCURRY

COUNTERFLUX

DISTURBANCE
The act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion