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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

LOT
Anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"

BIT
Piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit"

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MEED
A fitting reward

FATE
The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of destiny"

LUCK
An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"

PART
The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"

METE
A line that indicates a boundary

DOSE
Treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint"

DOLE
Money received from the state

SOME
Remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier"

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DOWER
A life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband

DOWRY
Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

SHARE
Have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"

PIECE
Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"

ALLOT
Administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"

SLICE
Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction

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RATION
The food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced"

ASSIGN
Decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"

DOWERY
Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

PARCEL
The allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"

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SEGMENT
One of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"

SECTION
The cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)

TRANCHE
A portion of something (especially money)

HELPING
An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"

SERVING
The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; "he accepted service of the subpoena"

MEASURE
How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

FORTUNE
An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"

DESTINY
The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of destiny"

9 letters

COMPONENT
An artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"

10 letters

PERCENTAGE
Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"

ALLOCATION
(computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions

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CONSTITUENT
An artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"

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CIRCUMSTANCES
A person's financial situation (good or bad); "he found himself in straitened circumstances"

COMPONENTPART
Something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"