Sustenance
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

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

AID
The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"

PAP
The small projection of a mammary gland

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GRUB
Informal terms for a meal

SALT
Negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons

MEAL
Coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse

DIET
The usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)

JOB.

HELP
The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"

CARE
Attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard"

FUEL
Provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"

FARE
An agenda of things to do; "they worked rapidly down the menu of reports"

MEAT
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

KEEP
A cell in a jail or prison

FOOD
Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

5 letters

BREAD
Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

FLESH
The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat

BACON
Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

MEALS

6 letters

RELIEF
The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"

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

REMEDY
Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

SUPPLY
The activity of supplying or providing something

LIVING
Still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania"

UPKEEP
The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"

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NURTURE
The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

ALIMENT
Give nourishment to

SUPPORT
Documentary validation; "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones"

KEEPING
The act of retaining something

REPAIRS

EDIBLES

ALIMONY
Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

VICTUAL
Lay in provisions; "The vessel victualled before the long voyage"

8 letters

ADDITION
The act of adding one thing to another; "the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect"; "the addition of a leap day every four years"

CARRYING

EDIBLES

EATABLES

VICTUALS
A stock or supply of foods

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NUTRITION
The scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)

NUTRIMENT
A source of materials to nourish the body

RESOURCES

FOODEATEN

PROVISION
A stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision"

PROVENDER
Food for domestic livestock

ALLOWANCE
The act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"

10 letters

PROVISIONS
A stock or supply of foods

COMESTIBLE
Any substance that can be used as food

DAILYBREAD

SUSTENTION

RETAINMENT

LIVELIHOOD
The financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"

OCCUPATION
The act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"

ASSISTANCE
The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"

SUSTAINING

11 letters

MAINTENANCE
Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

SUSTAINMENT
The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"

NOURISHMENT
The act of nourishing; "her nourishment of the orphans saved many lives"

CONTINUANCE
The act of continuing an activity without interruption

WHEREWITHAL
The necessary means (especially financial means)

SUBSISTENCE
The state of existing in reality; having substance

NECESSITIES

RESERVATION
A district that is reserved for particular purpose

REFRESHMENT
Activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation; "time for rest and refreshment by the pool"; "days of joyous recreation with his friends"

12 letters

PERPETUATION
The act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"

PRESERVATION
The condition of being (well or ill) preserved

PROLONGATION
The act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"

CONVERSATION
The use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

CONSERVATION

CONTINUATION
The act of continuing an activity without interruption

ALIMENTATION
The act of supplying food and nourishment

SUSTENTATION
The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"

14 letters

BREADANDBUTTER
The financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"