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Betrothed And Already Fighting Crossword Clue
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We've checked our database and believe the answer is
ENGAGED which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
ENGAGED
Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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We think the answer is "ENGAGED" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
- • Involved in military hostilities
- • Reserved in advance
- • (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a british term for a busy telephone line)
- • (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
- • Having services contracted for
- • Built against or attached to a wall
- • Pledged to be married verb
- • (heading) to interact socially.
- • (heading) to interact antagonistically.
- • (heading) to interact contractually.
- • (heading) to interact mechanically.
- • To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
- • To entangle. adjective
- • Agreed to be married.
- • Busy or employed.
- • Greatly interested.
- • (of a telephone) already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls
- • (of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- • (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
- • Being attacked or attacking
- • (of a foetus) having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She seemed engaged in the conversation."
- • "They were engaged in a heated debate."
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Clue Last Found In...
| Source | #Number | Answer |
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| The Guardian Cryptic15 Mar 2004 | Down 18 | |
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