The Dark Outline Of A Person Or Thing Against A Brighter Background Said To Have Taken Its Name From A French Financier Whose Hobby Was The Cutting Of Paper Shadow Portraits Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 12, 2023

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	noun • an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow) • a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color verb • project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette • represent by a silhouette
	39%	12		Forming an illustration by cutting out a dark shape against a light background
	verb • To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
	38%	7		Author whose works include 'Sister Carrie' and 'The Financier'
	noun • United States novelist (1871-1945)

We think the answer is "" which means:

noun

• An outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
• A drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color

verb

• Project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette
• Represent by a silhouette

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1	A brioche-, bun- or teacake-like delicacy from Bath, whose name is said by some to derive from its original baker and others from “soleil et lune”, French for “sun and moon” Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 30 Sep 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 30 Sep 2023
2	Author whose works include 'Sister Carrie' and 'The Financier'
3	Currency whose name can become its country's name by changing its last letter to an N and scrambling New York Times - 20 Apr 2013	New York Times / 20 Apr 2013
4	Forming an illustration by cutting out a dark shape against a light background
5	French word for “hobby-horse” that, following its random selection from the pages of a dictionary using a paperknife, was given as the name of a nihilistic art movement co-founded by Jean Arp and Tristan Tzara Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 04 Feb 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 04 Feb 2023
6	From the French for “slant”, a word for one-sidedness; fabric cut on the cross; weight on one side of a bowl; or, the oblique course taken by said ball as a result of its irregular shape Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 08 Apr 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 08 Apr 2023
7	Outline for shadow play developed in hotel suite The Guardian Cryptic - 22 Jul 2009	The Guardian Cryptic / 22 Jul 2009

Outline of a figure
Darkened outline
Dark image
The outline's wrong - cutting out new one
Figure named for a French government official
Figure on a window shade
New hotel suite in outline
Outline a new house title
It can be a relief
Outline for shadow play developed in hotel suite

House title conformed to its outline?
The outline's reproduced, not new
Shadowy figure trashing hotel suite
Outline for renovated hotel suite
Outline location accommodating university in new hotel
House of Lords is backing contents of your letter in outline
Shadowy outline
Outline conversion of hotel suite
Hotel suite's unusual shape

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