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Fathom Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PLUMB which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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97%5Exact Match!
noun

• the metal bob of a plumb line

adverb

• completely; used as intensifiers

• conforming to the direction of a plumb line

• exactly

adjective satellite

• exactly vertical

verb

• measure the depth of something

• weight with lead

• examine thoroughly and in great depth

• adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical

96%3Exact Match!
noun

• a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

verb

• come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

• enter or assume a certain state or condition

• cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

• receive a specified treatment (abstract)

• reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

• go or come after and bring or take back

• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

• take vengeance on or get even

• achieve a point or goal

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone

• give certain properties to something

• move into a desired direction of discourse

• grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

• attract and fix

• reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

• reach by calculation

• acquire as a result of some effort or action

• purchase

• perceive by hearing

• suffer from the receipt of

• receive as a retribution or punishment

• leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

• reach and board

• irritate

• evoke an emotional response

• apprehend and reproduce accurately

• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

• overcome or destroy

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

• make (offspring) by reproduction

95%5Exact Match!
noun

• understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something

• the limit of capability

• an intellectual hold or understanding

• the act of grasping

verb

• hold firmly

• get the meaning of something

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The Guardian Quick29 May 2020 Down 1
The Guardian Quick10 Apr 2017 Across 23
New York Times08 Mar 2009 Across 122
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