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Handbag Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PURSE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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97%5Exact Match!
noun

• a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

• a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse

• a small bag for carrying money

• a sum of money offered as a prize

verb

• contract one's lips into a rounded shape

• gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker

75%6Exact Match!
noun

• the act of grasping

• a tense critical situation

• a number of birds hatched at the same time

• a collection of things or persons to be handled together

• a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand

• a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism

• a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism

verb

• take hold of; grab

• hold firmly, usually with one's hands

• affect

75%4Exact Match!
noun

• a capacious bag or basket

verb

• carry with difficulty

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New York Times08 Oct 2024 Across 68
Eugene Sheffer01 Nov 2023 Across 23
Eugene Sheffer03 Oct 2023 Down 39
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