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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

BUM
A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"

SOT
A chronic drinker

AIR
Travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air"

DEW
Water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air; "in the morning the grass was wet with dew"

DRY
A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages

FRY
English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)

NET
A computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange

RUB
The act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub"

SUN
The star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system; "the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system"; "the Earth revolves around the Sun"

TUB
A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body

WET
Cause to become wet; "Wet your face"

MOP
Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors

4 letters

WIPE
The act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub"

CAKE
A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of chocolate"

GRUB
Informal terms for a meal

5 letters

DIPSO

MOOCH
Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

LEECH
Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

CADGE
Ask for and get free; be a parasite

SOUSE
The act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching"

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SPONGE
Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

CADGER
Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

WIPEUP
To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel"

FREOAD

ABSORB
Cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"

LOOFAH
The loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit

7 letters

MOOCHER
Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

SPONGER
A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

MOISTEN
Make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"

8 letters

FREELOAD
Live off somebody's generosity; "This young man refuses to work and is freeloading"

PARASITE
An animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host

PARAZOAN
Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

SCROUNGE
Collect or look around for (food)

9 letters

PORIFERAN
Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

10 letters

QUICKSTUDY
Someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge"

FREELOADER
Someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others

11 letters

APPLICATION
The action of putting something into operation; "the application of maximum thrust"; "massage has far-reaching medical applications"; "the application of indexes to tables of data"

BLOODSUCKER
Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

CLEANINGOUT

ELBOWBENDER

ELUTRIATION

ENGROSSMENT
The mental state of being preoccupied by something

FINNISHBATH

FLUSHINGOUT

INDIARUBBER
An elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products

PERCOLATEIN

PERCOLATION
The filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification

PLASTERCAST
Bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal

RUSSIANBATH

SCRUBBINGUP

SULFATEPULP

SULFITEPULP

SWEDISHBATH

THISTLEDOWN
Pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle

TURKISHBATH
You sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower

12 letters

ADHESIVETAPE
Tape coated with adhesive

ASSIMILATION
In the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance

BOTTLESUCKER

COURTPLASTER
A plaster composed of isinglass on silk; formerly used to dress superficial wounds

INFILTRATION
A process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)

JAPANESEBATH

LOUNGELIZARD
A man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him

MARINEANIMAL
Any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals

TROPICALFISH

13 letters

BLOTTINGPAPER
Absorbent paper used to dry ink

CHEMISORPTION
Adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces; "chemisorption of gaseous nitrogen on iron catalysts"

CHEMOSORPTION
Adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces; "chemisorption of gaseous nitrogen on iron catalysts"

CRIBRIFORMITY

ROLLERBANDAGE
Bandage consisting of a strip of sterile fabric (of variable width) rolled into a cylinder to facilitate application

RUBBERBANDAGE

SIEVELIKENESS

WHIRLPOOLBATH

14 letters

ELASTICBANDAGE
A bandage containing stretchable material that can apply local pressure

MANEATINGSHARK

15 letters

LOCHNESSMONSTER
A large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland

RITUALLYIMMERSE

17 letters

FOURTAILEDBANDAGE

TRIANGULARBANDAGE
Bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck