Shade
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

HUE
Suffuse with color

TAD
A slight amount or degree of difference; "a tad too expensive"; "not a tad of difference"; "the new model is a shade better than the old one"

4 letters

TINT
Color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"

TONE
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"

HINT
An indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

PARA
An estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows

5 letters

UMBRA
A region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light

GHOST
A mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

TINGE
A pale or subdued color

SPOOK
A mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

6 letters

WRAITH
A mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

NICETY
Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty"

SHADOW
Something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"

DARKEN
Tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"

NUANCE
A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"

FILLIN
Supply with information on a specific topic; "He filled me in on the latest developments"

COLOUR
An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"

7 letters

MAGENTA
A battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I

SPECTRE
A mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

SHELTER
A structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

SPECTER
A mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

GNOCCHI
(Italian) a small dumpling made of potato or flour or semolina that is boiled or baked and is usually served with a sauce or with grated cheese

8 letters

TINCTURE
(pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution

PENUMBRA
A fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra

SHADEOFF
Cast a shadow over

SUBTLETY
The quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew"

DARKNESS
A swarthy complexion

9 letters

SHADINESS
Of questionable honesty or legality; "they acted with such obvious shadiness that they were instantly recognizable"; "the shadiness of their transactions"

10 letters

REFINEMENT
The quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"

APPARITION
An act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"

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SHADOWINESS
Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body; "it is much cooler in the shade"; "there's too much shadiness to take good photographs"