Tip: Select
a length for advanced search!
| ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 38% | 8 | Strange, strange, strange: ultimately CO | |
3 | 32% | 7 | Named after its strange appearance (xeno = strange, opus = appearance) | |
Strange Story About English Shellfish Crossword Clue
Check other possible answers below.
Best Possible Answers
About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "OYSTER" which means:
- noun
- • Marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
- • Edible body of any of numerous oysters
- • A small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl verb
- • Gather oysters, dig oysters adjective
- • Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
An example sentence would be:
- • "I ordered a plate of oysters at the seafood restaurant."
- • "The pearl inside the oyster is a result of an irritant."
Users Also Searched For These Clues...
We think you're currently doing a Telegraph Cryptic crossword, and other users also searched for these clues:
Beads scattered across the chapelHave expertise – able to tell a scallion from a shallot?
Take no notice of one rig at sea
Clue Last Found In...
Source | #Number | Answer |
---|---|---|
Telegraph Cryptic16 Jan 2023 | Down 21 | |
This clue was last seen in the publications above.
|
How's It Work?
Our Data
Our database consists of millions of crossword clues, anagrams, synonyms and more. We have over 9 million crossword clues with answers, 5 million synonyms and over 10 million anagrams. We also keep track of popular crosswords such as the New York Times(NYT) with the dates and answers for your convenience.
Even if we don't have the clue in our database, we can still find the answer for you. Simply filter by number of letters and enter any characters that you know of, and our algorithm will return any matching words or phrases.
Alternatively you can use our Known Letters Finder Tool
Similar Clues
Clue | Source | |
---|---|---|
1 | Bad story related to shellfish
The Guardian Cryptic -
15 Dec 2009 | The Guardian Cryptic / 15 Dec 2009 |
2 | Exotic hadron containing an anti-up quark, a down quark, an anti-strange quark, a strange quark, and an anti-charm quark | |
3 | Named after its strange appearance (xeno = strange, opus = appearance) | |
4 | Strange, strange, strange: ultimately CO
The Guardian Cryptic -
26 Mar 2021 | The Guardian Cryptic / 26 Mar 2021 |
5 | Strange free goal in strange communal decision
The Guardian Cryptic -
02 Apr 2002 | The Guardian Cryptic / 02 Apr 2002 |
6 | Strange lady embracing another female on French street - very strange lady!
The Guardian Cryptic -
08 Mar 2002 | The Guardian Cryptic / 08 Mar 2002 |
7 | Strange woman player in "The Strange Woman," 1946
New York Times -
19 Jun 2009 | New York Times / 19 Jun 2009 |
Similar Clues With The Same Answers
Starfish's victim
Stew base
Kind of bar
Stew ingredient
Pearl harborer
Kind of fork
Shellfish - colour
Shellfish (maybe the world!)
Boy's terrapin consumes shellfish
Reputed aphrodisiac in the world of proverb
Onyx set near every other jewel's origin
Edible mollusc
Little boy's terrified of shellfish
Some teddy boys terrorised native
Mollusc sometimes eaten alive
Food in a shell
Boy's terse, to some extent a very uncommunicative person
Taciturn native?