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Worn For A Reason Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is GROUND which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)

• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

• a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

• (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting

• the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

verb

• fix firmly and stably

• confine or restrict to the ground

• place or put on the ground

• instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

• bring to the ground

• hit or reach the ground

• throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage

• (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.

• cover with a primer; apply a primer to

• connect to a ground

• use as a basis for; found on

26%15 Finding a logical or sensible reason for something that was initially done without reason
noun

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening

• the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason

• (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation

• the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency

• systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale

26%13 Characteristic that evolves for one reason but later provides an advantage for another reason
noun

• An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function

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The Guardian Cryptic09 Jan 2001 Down 5
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