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Like A Candle Crossword Clue
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WAXEN which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
WAXEN
Updated: October 11, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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We think the answer is "WAXEN" which means:
- adjective
- • Made of or covered with wax adjective satellite
- • Having the paleness of wax verb
- • To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
- • To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
- • To defeat utterly.
- • To kill, especially to murder a person.
- • (usually of a musical or oral performance) to record.
- • To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
- • To grow.
- • (of the moon) to appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
- • (of the tide) to move from low tide to high tide.
An example sentence would be:
- • "Her skin had a waxen pallor, indicating that she was unwell."
- • "The waxen moon cast a soft glow over the dark night sky."
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| Source | #Number | Answer |
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| New York Times28 May 2003 | Down 30 | |
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