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North By Northwest Eg Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is HEADING which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: HEADING

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RankLettersAnswerClue
199%7Exact Match!
236%4 City that's northwest of Cuzco ... or a city that's northwest of Columbus
327%6 On North by Northwest, upset over one late director

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "HEADING" which means:

    noun
  • • A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
  • • The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
  • • A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
  • verb
  • • To be in command of. (see also head up.)
  • • To come at the beginning of; to commence.
  • • To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
  • • To move in a specified direction.
  • • To remove the head from a fish.
  • • To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
  • • To form a head.
  • • To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
  • • To cut off the top of; to lop off.
  • • To behead; to decapitate.
  • • To go in front of.
  • • To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
  • • (by extension) to check or restrain.
  • • To set on the head.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She looked at the heading for directions."
  • • "The newspaper heading caught my attention."

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New York Times22 Jul 2012 Across 112
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