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Acting To Prevent Shop Collapsing Spooner Tells Us Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is FORESTALLING which was last seen in the The Guardian Everyman crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: FORESTALLING

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RankLettersAnswerClue
199%12Exact Match!
243%8 An action of noisily collapsing or collapsing in a confused manner.
342%8 A nickname for someone with the last name Spooner

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "FORESTALLING" which means:

    noun
  • • The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
  • verb
  • • To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
  • • To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
  • • To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
  • • To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
  • • To deprive (with of).
  • • To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He tried forestalling his sister's questions by quickly changing the subject."

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The Guardian Everyman26 Mar 2023 Down 3
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