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Not Acting On Trap Set Up By Police Crossword Clue
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We've checked our database and believe the answer is
RESTING which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
RESTING
Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "RESTING" which means:
- noun
- • Something left after other parts have been taken away
- • Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- • A pause for relaxation
- • A state of inaction
- • Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- • A support on which things can be put
- • A musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration verb
- • Not move; be in a resting position
- • Take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
- • Give a rest to
- • Have a place in relation to something else
- • Be at rest
- • Stay the same; remain in a certain state
- • Be inherent or innate in
- • Put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
- • Sit, as on a branch
- • Rest on or as if on a pillow
- • Be inactive, refrain from acting adjective
- • That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth.
- • Unemployed; out of work.
- • Remaining; stationary.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She found a resting spot under the shade of a tree."
- • "The cat looked very peaceful while resting on the windowsill."
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Clue Last Found In...
| Source | #Number | Answer |
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| The Guardian Cryptic08 May 2014 | Down 3 | |
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