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TRAITS
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
QualitiesCrossword Clue
Attributes the following solution mistakenlyCrossword Clue
Pride and prejudice, e.gCrossword Clue
Dark hair and a warm smile, for twoCrossword Clue
Gallery offering back its propertiesCrossword Clue
PropertiesCrossword Clue
Cary Grant's chin dimple et alCrossword Clue
Features of sittar artist performing twiceCrossword Clue
Feature of nude, informal? Artist added in touchesCrossword Clue
Qualities beginning to hold one backCrossword Clue

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ATTRIBUTES
10 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
After a time, acts of praise for propertiesCrossword Clue
TraitsCrossword Clue
The qualities of accolades given after a timeCrossword Clue

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EARMARKS
8 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Designates for a particular purposeCrossword Clue
Designates for a specific purpose, as fundsCrossword Clue
Room on boat in choppy sea for reservesCrossword Clue
Congressional budget directivesCrossword Clue
Designates for a specific purposeCrossword Clue
Sets aside rare mask for reviewCrossword Clue
Designates funds for organ belonging to Evangelist, we hearCrossword Clue
Identifies spot occupying listenersCrossword Clue
Lugs around old currency reservesCrossword Clue

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FEATURES
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Major magazine piecesCrossword Clue
Newspaper articles? Recycle after useCrossword Clue
Face repair after useCrossword Clue
Face action with firm after leaders relocatedCrossword Clue
Toss refuse at showcasesCrossword Clue
Gives prominence to characteristicsCrossword Clue
Highlights faceCrossword Clue
Achievement sure to be written about in newspaper articlesCrossword Clue
Achievement sure to be written about in newspapersCrossword Clue
Achievement sure to be written about in newspapersCrossword Clue

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ASPECTS
7 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
FacetsCrossword Clue
FeaturesCrossword Clue
Ways of looking at an issueCrossword Clue
Features records written up in sacred bookCrossword Clue
Different sides to observeCrossword Clue
Sides of an issueCrossword Clue
SidesCrossword Clue
Looks like companion animals having concern at heart!Crossword Clue

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HOLES
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Features of bagelsCrossword Clue
Plot inconsistenciesCrossword Clue
Features of many well-loved sweatshirtsCrossword Clue
Plot problemsCrossword Clue
Sponge featuresCrossword Clue
Novel in which the protagonist digs in the Texan desertCrossword Clue
18 on a golf courseCrossword Clue
What golf courses and bad plots both haveCrossword Clue
Swiss cheese featuresCrossword Clue
Boring outcomes?Crossword Clue

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HUMPS
5 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Idiot’s striking head, showing swollen areasCrossword Clue
Bactrian pairCrossword Clue
Some camels have twoCrossword Clue
Bactrian camel’s pairCrossword Clue
Rider bears unpleasant smell that camels haveCrossword Clue
Camels' featuresCrossword Clue

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NATURE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
State of ___ (hypothetical society predating government)Crossword Clue
Nurture's counterpartCrossword Clue
Word with human or secondCrossword Clue
The great outdoorsCrossword Clue
Flora and faunaCrossword Clue
The great outdoorsCrossword Clue
Tying one's shoes, e.g., for most peopleCrossword Clue
“The source of all true knowledge,” per LeonardoCrossword Clue
It’s “loved by what is best in us,” according to EmersonCrossword Clue
Flowers, trees etc. aren’t cultivated round universityCrossword Clue

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ONETRACKMINDS
13 Letters

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AKIN
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Similar (to)Crossword Clue
RelatedCrossword Clue
Roughly equivalent (to)Crossword Clue
SimilarCrossword Clue
RelatedCrossword Clue
SimilarCrossword Clue
Related (to)Crossword Clue
Related by bloodCrossword Clue
Similar (to)Crossword Clue
Related (to)Crossword Clue

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NATURES
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Essential qualitiesCrossword Clue
Essential qualitiesCrossword Clue
Pole grows older, not married, leading to general moodsCrossword Clue
Pole grows older, not married, leading to general moodsCrossword Clue
EssencesCrossword Clue
Essences of Saturn spun around peak of EarthCrossword Clue
Characters saunter aroundCrossword Clue
Fundamental dispositionsCrossword Clue
DispositionsCrossword Clue
Types behind keeping guard regularlyCrossword Clue

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ALIKE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Very similarCrossword Clue
Quite similarCrossword Clue
SimilarCrossword Clue
SimilarCrossword Clue
SimilarCrossword Clue
Quite similarCrossword Clue
The sameCrossword Clue
Nearly identicalCrossword Clue
Tough to tell apartCrossword Clue
SimilarCrossword Clue

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COHORT
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
AccompliceCrossword Clue
Group, e.g. of soldiers or studentsCrossword Clue
Group in the same educational programCrossword Clue
Demographic groupCrossword Clue
Generational ___ (Xers or Zoomers)Crossword Clue
Demographic groupCrossword Clue
Roman legion divisionCrossword Clue
Graduate program groupCrossword Clue
BuddyCrossword Clue
Division of a Roman legionCrossword Clue

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GENERA
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Family divisionsCrossword Clue
Family divisionsCrossword Clue
Classes where dope given timeCrossword Clue
Divisions of familiesCrossword Clue
Subdivisions for familiesCrossword Clue
Groups age on dopeCrossword Clue
The majority of officer classes?Crossword Clue
Groups retrospectively brought in by fare negotiatorsCrossword Clue
Groups retrospectively brought in by fare negotiatorsCrossword Clue
Classes are set up after fellow ultimately lostCrossword Clue

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PROPERTIES
10 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Qualities of estates?Crossword Clue
Correct neckwear?Crossword Clue
Houses requiring decent connections?Crossword Clue
Houses decent couplesCrossword Clue

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ZONE
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
AreaCrossword Clue
In the ___ (focused)Crossword Clue
RegionCrossword Clue
"I'm in the ___!"Crossword Clue
Lose focus, with "out"Crossword Clue
Comfort ___Crossword Clue
Defined areaCrossword Clue
Form of oxygen, oxygen absent in spaceCrossword Clue
Working after turning north, back from Bible beltCrossword Clue
AreaCrossword Clue

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GENUS
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Taxonomic groupCrossword Clue
Family divisionCrossword Clue
Group of animals or plantsCrossword Clue
Group of animals or plants with shared characteristicsCrossword Clue
Ursus, for brown bearsCrossword Clue
Family/species go-betweenCrossword Clue
Order egghead to drop oneCrossword Clue
Felis, for domestic catsCrossword Clue
Type of wildebeest seen across SpainCrossword Clue
Group of wildebeests surrounding Ethiopias capitalCrossword Clue

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HEREDITY
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
One's genetic endowmentCrossword Clue
They ride in order making descentCrossword Clue
Present unusually tidy ancestryCrossword Clue
Transmission of genesCrossword Clue
Its transmitted genetically by woman receiving correct male chromosomeCrossword Clue
Genetic make-upCrossword Clue
Transmission of recognisable characteristics to descendantsCrossword Clue
The girl to work on newspaper with Yankee passing on featuresCrossword Clue
Genetic endowmentCrossword Clue
In the red, I typically find what parents pass onCrossword Clue

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IMPERSONATE
11 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Take offCrossword Clue
Pose as one individual in coupleCrossword Clue
First of engineers in post - airmen free to take offCrossword Clue
Possibly represent one individual detained in ChinaCrossword Clue
Do change same proteinCrossword Clue
I am somebody with a note to copyCrossword Clue
I am somebody with a note to copyCrossword Clue
Mimic having no spare time for preparationCrossword Clue
Wasting spare time on apeCrossword Clue
Pretend to beCrossword Clue

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AGES
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
MaturesCrossword Clue
"Let's get together! It's been ___!"Crossword Clue
Practically foreverCrossword Clue
Number range for some board gamesCrossword Clue
Grows olderCrossword Clue
A million years, so to speakCrossword Clue
Matures, like wineCrossword Clue
Gets olderCrossword Clue
"It's been ___ since we've hung out!"Crossword Clue
Celebrates birthdaysCrossword Clue

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ESSENCE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Monthly magazine that sponsors a large annual music festival in New OrleansCrossword Clue
Sparkling water additiveCrossword Clue
CruxCrossword Clue
Magazine whose 50th anniversary issue featured Naomi Campbell on the coverCrossword Clue
Magazine where "Black Women Come First"Crossword Clue
GistCrossword Clue
KernelCrossword Clue
Core partCrossword Clue
German city chose to be empty by natureCrossword Clue
KernelCrossword Clue

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ICONIC
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Well-known by everyoneCrossword Clue
LegendaryCrossword Clue
One geometrical section as a defining image?Crossword Clue
Truly legendaryCrossword Clue
Seriously memorableCrossword Clue
Celebrated: eat out with no starter when entertaining overCrossword Clue
Instantly recognizableCrossword Clue
Like Andy Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Cans" or "Marilyn Diptych"Crossword Clue
QuintessentialCrossword Clue
Having legendary statusCrossword Clue

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ILLUSTRATES
11 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Is later worried about sin, provides imagesCrossword Clue
Is later worried about sin, provides imagesCrossword Clue
Group painting turns on crummy American showsCrossword Clue
Shows bad American characteristics in broadcastCrossword Clue
Shows poorly American costs after start of treatmentCrossword Clue

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TERRAIN
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
CountrysideCrossword Clue
Lay of the landCrossword Clue
Stretch of landCrossword Clue
Expressed hesitation entering exercise groundCrossword Clue
Prepare to protect Queen and CountryCrossword Clue
Prepare to protect Queen and CountryCrossword Clue
Queen boarding Eurostar, perhaps for the landscapeCrossword Clue
Queen boarding Eurostar, perhaps for the landscapeCrossword Clue
Land tortoise quietly pushed offCrossword Clue
In casual footwear, the Queen goes to north landCrossword Clue

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TRAITORS
8 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
TurncoatsCrossword Clue
2019 Channel 4 miniseries set in the Cabinet Office in 1945Crossword Clue
Rats! Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indias terms of references a bit strictCrossword Clue
Back-stabbers in performing arts trioCrossword Clue
Quislings must be soldiers taken in by characteristicsCrossword Clue
QuislingsCrossword Clue
TurncoatsCrossword Clue

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WARTSANDALL
11 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Without any concealment or deceptionCrossword Clue
Including qualities that are not attractiveCrossword Clue
... the critics loved the witch's performance, ___Crossword Clue
How one might be forced to accept a witch?Crossword Clue
Everything, the good with the badCrossword Clue
Imperfections notwithstandingCrossword Clue
Everything, the good with the badCrossword Clue

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CYNIC
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Skeptical sortCrossword Clue
Sour sortCrossword Clue
One with a pessimistic view of human natureCrossword Clue
One thinks the worst of everyoneCrossword Clue
Skeptical personCrossword Clue
PessimistCrossword Clue
Jaded sortCrossword Clue
Skeptical sortCrossword Clue
Jaded personCrossword Clue
Sceptic, fault-finding criticCrossword Clue

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IDENTITY
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Sameness of personalityCrossword Clue
Our sense of who we areCrossword Clue
Sort of parade one's individualityCrossword Clue
Sense of selfCrossword Clue
One daughter being what makes her who she isCrossword Clue
One daughter being what makes her who she isCrossword Clue
Crash diet -- tiny superheros secret, perhapsCrossword Clue
Name of agitated deity devouring books by Gussalufz?Crossword Clue
Defining character of a personCrossword Clue
What you are: bastard (deny it, twice)Crossword Clue

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KIDNAPPER
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
AbductorCrossword Clue
Something fishy - breaking and entering, he carries one awayCrossword Clue
Snatcher - from Leatherhead?Crossword Clue
Child meeting the head, one guilty of serious wrongdoing?Crossword Clue
One having taken another fish, also hooked upCrossword Clue
One having taken another fish, also hooked upCrossword Clue
Criminal joke, one having a lie down?Crossword Clue
Criminals basic characteristics seen in Leave voterCrossword Clue
Pied Piper type, in make-up, wearing oversized tieCrossword Clue
One may take issue with rising fish stocksCrossword Clue

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MUTANT
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Any one of the X-MenCrossword Clue
Storm, for oneCrossword Clue
Changed man?Crossword Clue
Teenage ___ Ninja TurtlesCrossword Clue
Mongrel possessing an unusual offspringCrossword Clue
Like the Ninja TurtlesCrossword Clue
Advanced new creature collared by freakCrossword Clue
Wolverine of Marvel Comics, e.gCrossword Clue
Dog eats an oddity of natureCrossword Clue
Distorted, foolish person stealing articleCrossword Clue

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TRADEMARKS
10 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Deal with old currency symbols that are put across hereCrossword Clue
Deal with old currency symbols that are put across hereCrossword Clue
Many commercial slogansCrossword Clue

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BIOMETRIC
9 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Going by live data, microbe mutates with itCrossword Clue

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GENOTYPE
8 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
New GP, yet one developed biological groupingCrossword Clue

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STOCKINTRADE
12 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
SpecialtyCrossword Clue
Oscar knitted — what's necessary for carrying on a businessCrossword Clue
Typical activity of a person or companyCrossword Clue
Typical things one has to offerCrossword Clue

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RADIANCE
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Glowing qualityCrossword Clue
Bright qualityCrossword Clue
A dancer and I jump for joyCrossword Clue
Run around madly and I glowCrossword Clue
Dina runs in 200m event perhaps shiningCrossword Clue
Brilliance of girl shown endlessly in competitionCrossword Clue
Beauty drunk and I found in peopleCrossword Clue
Glowing quality of artist can die outCrossword Clue
Light playing in arcadeCrossword Clue
Artist steps around one for lightCrossword Clue

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STRAIT
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Narrow channelCrossword Clue
Narrow waterwayCrossword Clue
Narrow channelCrossword Clue
Street artist’s with it and soundCrossword Clue
Narrow passageCrossword Clue
Sound that comes from artist performingCrossword Clue
Channel's special featureCrossword Clue
Channels special featureCrossword Clue
Passage of water reportedly not bendingCrossword Clue
Narrow marine passageCrossword Clue

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SUBTYPE
7 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Class within a classCrossword Clue
Weird pets buy finer distinctionCrossword Clue

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GENEPOOL
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Family inheritance?Crossword Clue
Stock of DNA across the populationCrossword Clue
Nurse fits in coil, say, rejecting all potential for breeding?Crossword Clue
Hereditary information for a speciesCrossword Clue
Makings of a populationCrossword Clue
Heredity sourceCrossword Clue
Breeding stock? Wilder game?Crossword Clue
Collection affected by natural selectionCrossword Clue
Hereditary sourceCrossword Clue
Inheritance sourceCrossword Clue

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Heroic talesCrossword Clue

Mixed Team Aerials unit, e.gCrossword Clue

Show concernCrossword Clue

Nut harvested in autumnCrossword Clue

Sign of disuseCrossword Clue

"Hansel and Gretel" applianceCrossword Clue

Courtroom notetaker, for shortCrossword Clue

Neural oscillation associated with relaxationCrossword Clue

Snickerdoodle or gingersnapCrossword Clue

Time to celebrate with your PeepsCrossword Clue

Campground cooking siteCrossword Clue

"The Marvelous ___ Maisel"Crossword Clue

South American country with eight competitors at the 2026 Winter Olympics (Abbr.)Crossword Clue

"Honest" presidentCrossword Clue

Norwegian city that hosted the 1952 Winter OlympicsCrossword Clue

Rodents, to snakesCrossword Clue

Makes fun ofCrossword Clue

Sunlit lobbiesCrossword Clue

Treasure map phraseCrossword Clue

"You sure about that?"Crossword Clue

Synagogue greetingCrossword Clue

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Politician ButtigiegCrossword Clue

Nest egg initialsCrossword Clue

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Hosp. areasCrossword Clue

Come apartCrossword Clue

"Everything's OK"Crossword Clue

Large propertyCrossword Clue

Software trial runsCrossword Clue

Tennis star OsakaCrossword Clue

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Lays down turfCrossword Clue

Make simplerCrossword Clue

Window ledgesCrossword Clue

Characteristics Crossword Clue

Showing 38 Matching Answers

TRAITS

10 RELATED CLUES

ATTRIBUTES

3 RELATED CLUES

EARMARKS

9 RELATED CLUES

FEATURES

10 RELATED CLUES

ASPECTS

8 RELATED CLUES

HOLES

10 RELATED CLUES

HUMPS

6 RELATED CLUES

NATURE

10 RELATED CLUES

ONETRACKMINDS

AKIN

10 RELATED CLUES

NATURES

10 RELATED CLUES

ALIKE

10 RELATED CLUES

COHORT

10 RELATED CLUES

GENERA

10 RELATED CLUES

PROPERTIES

4 RELATED CLUES

ZONE

10 RELATED CLUES

GENUS

10 RELATED CLUES

HEREDITY

10 RELATED CLUES

IMPERSONATE

10 RELATED CLUES

AGES

10 RELATED CLUES

ESSENCE

10 RELATED CLUES

ICONIC

10 RELATED CLUES

ILLUSTRATES

5 RELATED CLUES

TERRAIN

10 RELATED CLUES

TRAITORS

7 RELATED CLUES

WARTSANDALL

7 RELATED CLUES

CYNIC

10 RELATED CLUES

IDENTITY

10 RELATED CLUES

KIDNAPPER

10 RELATED CLUES

MUTANT

10 RELATED CLUES

TRADEMARKS

3 RELATED CLUES

BIOMETRIC

1 RELATED CLUES

GENOTYPE

1 RELATED CLUES

STOCKINTRADE

4 RELATED CLUES

RADIANCE

10 RELATED CLUES

STRAIT

10 RELATED CLUES

SUBTYPE

2 RELATED CLUES

GENEPOOL

10 RELATED CLUES

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