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noun • a verbal act of admitting defeat • the act of conceding or yielding adjective satellite • inclined to yield to argument or influence or control • lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure • tending to give in or surrender or agree | ||||||||
| 37% | 6 | Result of knuckling down? | ||||||
noun • An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly. verb • To perform a noogie on. | ||||||||
| 18% | 10 | Hard or hard-edged quality | ||||||
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YIELDING which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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YIELDING
Updated: October 14, 2023
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We think the answer is "" which means:
- noun
- • A verbal act of admitting defeat
- • The act of conceding or yielding adjective satellite
- • Inclined to yield to argument or influence or control
- • Lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure
- • Tending to give in or surrender or agree verb
- • To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
- • To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
- • To give way; to allow another to pass first.
- • To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
- • To give, or give forth, (anything).
- • To give way; to succumb to a force.
- • To produce as return, as from an investment.
- • To produce as a result.
- • To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
- • (of a material specimen) to pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
- • To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. adjective
- • Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.
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| The Guardian Cryptic01 Nov 2012 | Down 8 | |
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