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Understudy Is Nearly Permanent Crossword Clue

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noun

• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

29%5Understudy's study
noun

• a formation of people or things one beside another

• a mark that is long relative to its width

• a formation of people or things one behind another

• a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point

• text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen

• a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum

• a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)

• a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

• a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

• a connected series of events or actions or developments

• a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

• a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

• a pipe used to transport liquids or gases

• the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed

• a telephone connection

• acting in conformity

• the hereditary derivation of an individual

• something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible

• the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

• in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area

• (often plural) a means of communication or access

• a particular kind of product or merchandise

• a commercial organization serving as a common carrier

• space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

• the maximum credit that a customer is allowed

• a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

• persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress

• a short personal letter

• a conceptual separation or distinction

• mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it

verb

• be in line with; form a line along

• cover the interior of

• make a mark or lines on a surface

• mark with lines

• fill plentifully

• reinforce with fabric

29%6 Twice appearing as an understudy
adjective

• used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements

• used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis

noun

• a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base

• a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts

• someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)

• a quantity that is twice as great as another

• raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2

adverb

• downward and forward

• two together

• to double the degree

adjective satellite

• having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities

• consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs

• twice as great or many

• large enough for two

• having two meanings with intent to deceive

verb

• increase twofold

• hit a two-base hit

• bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain

• do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions

• make a demand for (a card or suit)

• make or do or perform again

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