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Back At Home With First Of Grandchildren Getting Up Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is REARING which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: REARING

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RankLettersAnswerClue
199%7Exact Match!
232%4 One of the "grandchildren on your knee" in the Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four"
331%3 Tag for some grandchildren

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We think the answer is "REARING" which means:

    noun
  • • The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
  • • Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
  • adjective satellite
  • • Rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile
  • verb
  • • To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
  • • (said of people towards animals) to breed and raise.
  • • To rise up on the hind legs
  • • (usually with "up") to get angry.
  • • To rise high above, tower above.
  • • To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
  • • To construct by building; to set up
  • • To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
  • • To lift and take up.
  • • To rouse; to strip up.
  • • To move; stir.
  • • (of geese) to carve.
  • • (regional, obsolete) to revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)
  • • To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
  • • To sodomize (perform anal sex)

An example sentence would be:

  • • "Cattle rearing is an important agricultural activity in many countries."
  • • "The rearing of hens for their eggs is a common practice on poultry farms."

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Telegraph Cryptic10 Jul 2024 Down 6
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