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| 3 | 28% | 11 | Compound verb tense formed by combining the past tense of 'have' with the past participle of the main verb | |
Tense Old Character Keeps Pet Trim Crossword Clue
There is 1 exact and 157 possible answers.
We've checked our database and believe the answer is
TRUNCATE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
TRUNCATE
Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "TRUNCATE" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off verb
- • Replace a corner by a plane
- • Approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
- • Make shorter as if by cutting off adjective
- • Truncated.
- • Having an abrupt termination.
An example sentence would be:
- • "You can truncate this sentence to make it shorter."
- • "He decided to truncate the article to fit the word count limit."
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| The Guardian Cryptic17 Oct 2014 | Across 13 | |
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