Basis
Crossword Clue and Answers
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We most recently saw this clue in The Mirror Quick.
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Publications
- The Mirror Quick - Saturday, 17 Apr 2021
Crossword Answers
4 letters
GERM
A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
SEED
The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
BASE
Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"
6 letters
GROUND
The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
BOTTOM
Come to understand
REASON
The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
7 letters
GROUNDS
The enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"
FOOTING
A place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
9 letters
RATIONALE
(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"
FUNDAMENT
Lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
10 letters
GROUNDWORK
Preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation; "we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago"
FOUNDATION
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"
11 letters
CORNERSTONE
A stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
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