Spur
Crossword Clue and Answers
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We most recently saw this clue in The New York Times Crossword.
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Publications
- The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 20 Jun 2021
- The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 13 May 2021
- The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 13 May 2021
Crossword Answers
3 letters
GAD
A sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward; "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"
4 letters
PROD
Urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"
GOAD
A pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
URGE
A strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?"
5 letters
EGGON
Urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"
IMPEL
Cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"
SPINE
A sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
PRONG
A pointed projection
6 letters
FILLIP
Anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added fillip"
INCITE
Provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
URGING
The act of earnestly supporting or encouraging
PROMPT
(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
7 letters
PROVOKE
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
ACANTHA
Any sharply pointed projection
GOADING
A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
8 letters
PRODDING
A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
SPURRING
A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
STIMULUS
Any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
MOTIVATE
Give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
9 letters
ENCOURAGE
Spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"
SIDETRACK
A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
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"
SPURTRACK
A railway line connected to a trunk line
INCENTIVE
A positive motivational influence
10 letters
BRANCHLINE
A railway line connected to a trunk line
INCITEMENT
An act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating; "the incitement of mutiny"
11 letters
STIMULATION
The act of arousing an organism to action
13 letters
JINGLEJANGLER
MOUNTAINRIDGE
15 letters
SANANTONIOCAGER