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Popular Edition Getting Everything Topsy Turvy Crossword Clue
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We've checked our database and believe the answer is
INVERSION which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
INVERSION
Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "INVERSION" which means:
- noun
- • The layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
- • Abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)
- • A chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
- • (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
- • The reversal of the normal order of words
- • (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
- • A term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
- • Turning upside down; setting on end
- • The act of turning inside out
An example sentence would be:
- • "The inversion of the sentence is striking."
- • "The genetic mutation caused an inversion of the dna sequence."
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| The Guardian Cryptic19 Aug 2020 | Across 25 | |
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