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What An Apostrophe May Signal Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ELISION which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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noun

• omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)

• a deliberate act of omission

28%4 Island that may have an apostrophe in its name
noun

• an island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state

27%11 Involving the omission of letters in a word, denoted by an apostrophe
adjective

• of or characteristic of apostrophe

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New York Times05 Oct 1997 Down 94
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