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Compensate For Inoperative Company Crossword Clue

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

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199%6Exact Match!
227%7Inoperative
327%3Inoperative

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "OFFSET" which means:

    noun
  • • The time at which something is supposed to begin
  • • A compensating equivalent
  • • A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
  • • A natural consequence of development
  • • A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
  • • Structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
  • verb
  • • Compensate for or counterbalance
  • • Make up for
  • • Cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
  • • Create an offset in
  • • Produce by offset printing

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The painter used an offset to transfer the image onto the canvas."
  • • "The engineer calculated the offset between two points on the map."

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Clue Last Found In...

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The Guardian Cryptic24 Jul 2009 Across 5
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