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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 7 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 34% | 12 | Squid genus commonly known as flying squid | |
3 | 33% | 3 | It sets earlier and earlier in the fall | |
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We think the answer is "OCTOPUS" which means:
- noun
- • Tentacles of octopus prepared as food
- • Bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles verb
- • To put (or attempt to put) one's fingers, hands or arms in many things or places at roughly the same time.
- • To spread out in long arms or legs in many directions.
- • To plug a large number of devices into a single electric outlet.
- • (by extension) to grow in use vastly beyond what was originally intended.
- • To hunt and catch octopuses.
- • To behave like an octopus.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The octopus has eight tentacles."
- • "I saw an octopus at the aquarium yesterday."
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The Guardian Cryptic25 Mar 2011 | Across 12 | |
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Similar Clues
Clue | Source | |
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1 | A child’s old rake-like utensil for nudging food onto a spoon; a stick for propelling the squid in underwater hockey; a perambulator; or, an aircraft propeller behind an engine
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
28 Jan 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 28 Jan 2023 |
2 | A genus of large squid commonly known as flying squid. | |
3 | It sets earlier and earlier in the fall
New York Times Bonus -
01 Nov 1998 | New York Times Bonus / 01 Nov 1998 |
4 | Like a squid
New York Times -
29 Oct 1979 | New York Times / 29 Oct 1979 |
5 | Like a squid's discharge
New York Times -
06 Aug 1989 | New York Times / 06 Aug 1989 |
6 | Squid-like marine mollusc
The Guardian Quick -
30 Oct 2013 | The Guardian Quick / 30 Oct 2013 |
7 | Squid genus commonly known as flying squid |
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