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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

SNUB
An instance of driving away or warding off

NUMB
Make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"

DULL
Make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"

5 letters

BLUFF
The act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

TERSE
Brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"

CRUDE
A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

STARK
Completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open"

FRANK
A member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century

6 letters

OBTUSE
Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

DEADEN
Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"

CANDID
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

WEAKEN
Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"

BENUMB
Make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"

DIRECT
Put an address on (an envelope)

8 letters

EDGELESS
Lacking a cutting edge

9 letters

OUTSPOKEN
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

DOWNRIGHT
Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"

10 letters

POINTBLANK

FORTHRIGHT
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

FREESPOKEN

11 letters

PLAINSPOKEN
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

15 letters

STRAIGHTFORWARD
Pointed directly ahead; "a straightforward gaze"

23 letters

STRAIGHTFROMTHESHOULDER