Succession
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

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RUN
Perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"

HUM
An Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan

KID
Young goat

ROW
The act of rowing as a sport

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TURN
Get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year"

SIDE
An extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house"

TIER
Something that is used for tying; "the sail is fastened to the yard with tiers"

STEM
Cause to point inward; "stem your skis"

SEED
The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

SEPT
People descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

SONS

RASH
A series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences; "a rash of bank robberies"; "a blizzard of lawsuits"

KIDS

LINE
The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"

RACE
A canal for a current of water

RANK
The body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"

HEIR
A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

BANK
A flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went into a steep bank"

BUZZ
Sound of rapid vibration; "the buzz of a bumble bee"

FILE
A steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal

FLOW
The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

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SUITE
Apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

SHIFT
The act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"

SPATE
A sudden forceful flow

STOCK
Any animals kept for use or profit

SCALE
A flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals

ORDER
(architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

QUEUE
A braid of hair at the back of the head

RANGE
A place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds; "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice"

ROUND
The usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his rounds"

NEXUS
A connected series or group

DRONE
Stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

HOUSE
Contain or cover; "This box houses the gears"

ISSUE
The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity); "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"

FRUIT
An amount of a product

HEIRS

BREED
A special type; "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs"

BROOD
The young of an animal cared for at one time

CYCLE
A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

GAMUT
A complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions"

ARRAY
Especially fine or decorative clothing

BIRTH
The process of giving birth

BLOOD
The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"

SWATH
A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

TRAIN
Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"

CHAIN
A series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

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SERIES
A periodical that appears at scheduled times

STRING
Stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"

WINDOW
An opening that resembles a window in appearance or function; "he could see them through a window in the trees"

THREAD
The raised helical rib going around a screw

STREAM
The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

SEQUEL
A part added to a book or play that continues and extends it

STRAIN
The act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"

STIRPS

INLINE
Awaiting something; especially something due; "people were in line at the checkout counter"; "she was in line for promotion"

LEGACY
(law) a gift of personal property by will

INAROW

PLENUM
A meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present; "the plenum will vote on all tax increases"

PHYLUM
(linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related

COURSE
A mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"; "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"

FAMILY
A social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"

ENTAIL
The act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple

CATENA
A chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma)

BRANCH
Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

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WINDROW

PROGENY
The immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"

LINEAGE
Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

DYNASTY
A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

DESCENT
The act of changing your location in a downward direction

BEQUEST
(law) a gift of personal property by will

SEIZURE
The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

RUNNING
The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit"

INORDER
In a state of proper readiness or preparation or arrangement; "everything is in order for their arrival"

ROUTINE
An unvarying or habitual method or procedure

BARRAGE
The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake"

HEIRDOM

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SEQUENCE
Determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome"

ANCESTRY
Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

SPECTRUM
A broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities

TRANSFER
Transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"

POSTDATE
Establish something as being later relative to something else

ROTATION
A single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"

PENDULUM
An apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity

MALELINE

MONOTONE
An unchanging intonation

NEXTLIFE

HANGOVER
Something that has survived from the past; "a holdover from the sixties"; "hangovers from the 19th century"

HERITAGE
Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

LATENESS
Quality of coming late or later in time

CHAINING

CHILDREN

ELECTION
The act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"

HEIRSHIP

HEIRLOOM
(law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance

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ANOINTING
The act of applying oil or an oily liquid

ACCESSION
The act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"

YOUNGSTER
A young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

SPEARSIDE

SWORDSIDE

TREASURES