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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

TWO
One of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots

DUO
A pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome"

4 letters

PROP
A propeller that rotates to push against air

PAIR
Two people considered as a unit

STAY
Continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"

DYAD
Two items of the same kind

DUAD
Two items of the same kind

DUET
(ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble)

SPAN
A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

YOKE
Support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end

GIRD
Bind with something round or circular

5 letters

SHORE
A beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support

POISE
Cause to be balanced or suspended

TWAIN
Two items of the same kind

STEEL
Get ready for something difficult or unpleasant

TRUSS
A framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure

STRUT
A proud stiff pompous gait

6 letters

BRACES
An appliance that corrects dental irregularities

GALLUS
Common domestic birds and related forms

AROUSE
Stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

PAIROF

PERKUP
Gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"

STEADY
Not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall; "stocks are still firm"

COUPLE
A pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome"

7 letters

COUPLET
A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed

DISTICH
Two items of the same kind

BRACING
A structural member used to stiffen a framework

SUPPORT
Documentary validation; "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones"

TWOSOME
A pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome"

FORTIFY
Prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"

STIFFEN
Become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"

PREPARE
Lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord; "prepare the discord in bar 139"

8 letters

BUTTRESS
A support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building

BITSTOCK
A carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring

ENERGISE
Cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"

ENERGIZE
Cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"

RETAINER
A dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment

9 letters

STIMULATE
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

STABILISE
Make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"

STABILIZE
Make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"

SUSPENDER
Elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)

REINFORCE
Make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"

10 letters

INVIGORATE
Make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"

STRENGTHEN
Gain strength; "His body strengthened"

12 letters

STRENGTHENER
A device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook"

UNDERPINNING

17 letters

ORTHODONTICBRACES
An appliance that corrects dental irregularities