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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

LET
A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again

SAY
Recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'"

4 letters

MAKE
The act of mixing cards haphazardly

TAKE
Engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

RULE
(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"

FIND
Come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"

DEEM
Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible"

DRAW
A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking"

FEEL
Manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel"

5 letters

INFER

TRACE

OPINE
Expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

LETBE

JUDGE
An authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

GLEAN
Gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes"

GUESS
An estimate based on little or no information

GRANT
The act of providing a subsidy

FETCH
The action of fetching

EDUCE
Develop or evolve from a latent or potential state

EVOKE
Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

FANCY
Something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"

DREAM
A state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream"

ROUSE
Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

INFER
Believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"

THINK
An instance of deliberate thinking; "I need to give it a good think"

6 letters

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

WANGLE
An instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery

TAKEIT

REPUTE
The state of being held in high esteem and honor

SUMMON
Make ready for action or use; "marshal resources"

SECURE
Free from danger or risk; "secure from harm"; "his fortune was secure"; "made a secure place for himself in his field"

REGARD
A long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me"

OBTAIN
Be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"

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"

RECKON
Expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

INDUCE
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"

ELICIT
Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

EXPECT
Be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

DIVINE
Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

CALLUP
Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"

GATHER
Collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

DERIVE
Develop or evolve from a latent or potential state

DEDUCT
Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"

ASSUME
Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"

7 letters

WORMOUT

WORKOUT
Do physical exercise; "She works out in the gym every day"

TAKEFOR
Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible"

SUPPOSE
Expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

SURMISE
A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

SUSPECT
A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

MAKEOUT
Comprehend; "I cannot make out what this politician is saying"

PROCURE
Arrange for sexual partners for others

PRESUME
Take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission; "How dare you call my lawyer?"

IMAGINE
Expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

GETFROM

EXTRACT
A solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

DRAWOUT
Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

DRAGOUT
Last unnecessarily long

DOPEOUT

DARESAY

CALLOUT
Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"

COLLECT
A short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

BELIEVE
Accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

ANALYZE
Break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market"

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CONCLUDE
Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"

THEORIZE
To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

THEORISE
To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

TAKETOBE
Look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"

SUMMONUP

PERCEIVE
To become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

GETOUTOF

ESTIMATE
A judgment of the qualities of something or somebody; "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent"

LOGICIZE

CONSIDER
Think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

CONCEIVE
Have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

CONSTRUE
Make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

BRINGOUT
Make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her"

BEAFRAID

COGITATE
Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"

9 letters

REASONOUT
Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"

WINKLEOUT
Remove or displace from a position

WORMOUTOF

USEREASON

DRAWFORTH

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"

SYLLOGIZE
Reason by syllogisms

PREFIGURE
Imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"

10 letters

UNDERSTAND
Be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I understand!"

TAKETOMEAN

REASONTHAT

SYNTHESIZE
Combine and form a synthesis; "Vitamin D only synthesizes when sunlight is available"

SYNTHESISE
Combine so as to form a more complex, product; "his operas synthesize music and drama in perfect harmony"; "The liver synthesizes vitamins"

PRESUPPOSE
Require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"

GENERALIZE
Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"

PRESURMISE

BRINGFORTH
Bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit"

LOGICALIZE

GENERALISE
Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"

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SUMMONFORTH

WANGLEOUTOF