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noun • a movement downward • properties attributable to your ancestry • the act of changing your location in a downward direction • the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors • a downward slope or bend • the hereditary derivation of an individual | ||||||||
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noun • the hereditary derivation of an individual • the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors • the number of lines in a piece of printed material • a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted • inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | ||||||||
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noun • the place where something begins, where it springs into being • properties attributable to your ancestry • an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events • the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero • the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived • the hereditary derivation of an individual | ||||||||
Ancestry Crossword Clue
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DESCENT which was last seen in the Telegraph Quick crossword.
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DESCENT
Updated: January 31, 2025
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| Telegraph Quick11 Oct 2024 | Down 6 | |
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1 | Ancestry - downward move
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17 Jan 2001 | The Guardian Quick / 17 Jan 2001 |
2 | Ancestry; starting point
Telegraph Quick -
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3 | Ancestry record
New York Times -
21 Jan 2004 | New York Times / 21 Jan 2004 |
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The Guardian Cryptic -
09 Feb 2011 | The Guardian Cryptic / 09 Feb 2011 |
5 | From Latin for “to rise”, the source or derivation of a name, river, word or anything else; or, one’s ancestry
Telegraph Herculis -
10 Jul 2023 | Telegraph Herculis / 10 Jul 2023 |
6 | Sharing a common ancestry | |
7 | Term used to describe Americans with African ancestry |
