Competent Crossword Clue

Last seen: USA Today, 28 Feb 2025

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ABLE
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
FitCrossword Clue
Up to itCrossword Clue
Up to something?Crossword Clue
Up to the taskCrossword Clue
Willing and ___Crossword Clue
SkillfulCrossword Clue
Qualified for the jobCrossword Clue
AccomplishedCrossword Clue
Up to a taskCrossword Clue
Ready and willing partnerCrossword Clue

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CAPABLE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Up to the jobCrossword Clue
Up to the taskCrossword Clue
Old man cutting wire with skillCrossword Clue
QualifiedCrossword Clue
Fit sailor, wearing headgear, left with energyCrossword Clue
Fit guy enthrals old manCrossword Clue
Impossible to avoid denying Spanish girl is qualifiedCrossword Clue
Fit guy holding a pianoCrossword Clue
Fit for limiting, as salaries?Crossword Clue
HandyCrossword Clue

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ADEPT
5 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Skilled (at)Crossword Clue
SkillfulCrossword Clue
Highly capableCrossword Clue
SkilledCrossword Clue
AccomplishedCrossword Clue
More than capableCrossword Clue
Highly skilled (at)Crossword Clue
Very good (at)Crossword Clue
Highly skilledCrossword Clue

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APT
3 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
FittingCrossword Clue
Quick to learnCrossword Clue
GermaneCrossword Clue
Perfectly suitedCrossword Clue
Like the names of the track athletes Usain Bolt and Lisa LightfootCrossword Clue

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EQUALTOTHETASK
14 Letters

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GOOD
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
--> ___ day!"Crossword Clue
1997 film, "As ___ -->Crossword Clue
"The ___ Place" (sitcom)Crossword Clue
"Serves you right!"Crossword Clue
In, as a field goalCrossword Clue
YummyCrossword Clue
"Serves him right"Crossword Clue
"Glad to hear it!"Crossword Clue
B, gradewiseCrossword Clue
Word with going or GodCrossword Clue

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SANE
4 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Not madCrossword Clue
LevelheadedCrossword Clue
ReasonableCrossword Clue
Of sound mindCrossword Clue
SensibleCrossword Clue
RationalCrossword Clue

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UPTO
4 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
___ snuffCrossword Clue
Words before date or speedCrossword Clue
UntilCrossword Clue
No more thanCrossword Clue
No further thanCrossword Clue
Scheming aboutCrossword Clue
"What are you ___ today?"Crossword Clue
As many asCrossword Clue

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CONNOISSEUR
11 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Expert to study din round second old cityCrossword Clue
Censorious man ultimately condemned authorityCrossword Clue
Authority on courses in for trainingCrossword Clue
Professional cheat on racket implicating senate at ancient cityCrossword Clue
Person relishing scam developed neurosisCrossword Clue
Expert judge of tasteCrossword Clue
Prisoner has unusual neurosis, Im informedCrossword Clue
Expert cruises, on and on, at seaCrossword Clue

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JOURNEYMAN
10 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Competent but unexceptional workerCrossword Clue
Newly arrived Australian staff guarding vessel for experienced workerCrossword Clue
Language that's the source of "gesundheit"Crossword Clue
Capable worker whos going places?Crossword Clue
Young bouncer guarding vessel on isle is hired workerCrossword Clue

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ABLER
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
More up to the taskCrossword Clue
Better equippedCrossword Clue
Better trainedCrossword Clue
Better fitCrossword Clue
Better suitedCrossword Clue
More up to the taskCrossword Clue
More skilful old wife has escaped a quickie, sayCrossword Clue
Better suitedCrossword Clue
More competent sailor holding end of rope in both handsCrossword Clue
More up to the taskCrossword Clue

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EFFECTIVE
9 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Powerful drug, strong etc working in 5Crossword Clue
Iron both ways, beginning with crease and ribbon round top of vest, working wellCrossword Clue
Opposite of [circled letters]Crossword Clue
Being successful, this writers replacing last of belongingsCrossword Clue
Powerful canine welcomed by vet if fees highCrossword Clue
Telling vet if fee at first completely outrageousCrossword Clue
I have to follow Eastern females, etc, being represented as usefulCrossword Clue

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FLUENT
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Well-spokenCrossword Clue
Virus getting hospital department flowingCrossword Clue
Speaking naturallyCrossword Clue
ArticulateCrossword Clue
ArticulateCrossword Clue
Ready in the use of words, let fun outCrossword Clue
Able to express oneself easily and wellCrossword Clue
Well-spoken doc goes after viral maladyCrossword Clue
Speaking easily of unfelt distressCrossword Clue
Complaint: medical department running smoothly!Crossword Clue

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HANDY
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Like someone doing a DIY projectCrossword Clue
Good at repairsCrossword Clue
Good with toolsCrossword Clue
ConvenientCrossword Clue
Husband with money ultimately is usefulCrossword Clue
UsefulCrossword Clue
Good at fixing leaky faucets and creaky hinges, sayCrossword Clue
Skillful with home repairsCrossword Clue
UsefulCrossword Clue
Both sides in hockey pretty usefulCrossword Clue

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SKILLED
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Deft murder covered by singular journalistCrossword Clue
AccomplishedCrossword Clue
Professional players finally slaughteredCrossword Clue
Able seaman's leader knocked offCrossword Clue
Able seamans leader knocked offCrossword Clue
Qualified to finish off in Sundays early editionCrossword Clue
Second murdered expertCrossword Clue
Expert head of security gets terminatedCrossword Clue
Expert did a slalom, perhaps crossing linesCrossword Clue
Competent head of state assassinatedCrossword Clue

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BETTER
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
No longer as badCrossword Clue
Improved gamblerCrossword Clue
What things can only get for Rishi’s campaign official?Crossword Clue
Punter sticking to soft drinks, with alcohol all aboutCrossword Clue
ImprovedCrossword Clue
"___ safe than sorry!"Crossword Clue
Worst gambler?Crossword Clue
More desirableCrossword Clue
Well, someone having a flutter?Crossword Clue
Recovered from two scant teaspoons in brewCrossword Clue

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STYLISH
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
In vogueCrossword Clue
ChicCrossword Clue
SmartCrossword Clue
À la modeCrossword Clue
À la modeCrossword Clue
This sly manoeuvring becomes elegantCrossword Clue
Chic — fashionableCrossword Clue
ChicCrossword Clue
SmartCrossword Clue
ChicCrossword Clue

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PARABLE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Story that aims to teachCrossword Clue
Bit of preachy proseCrossword Clue
Moral tale cut short, allegory female ignoredCrossword Clue
Provider of moral support?Crossword Clue
Couple without one fit moral taleCrossword Clue
Standard fit for lessonCrossword Clue
Bible storyCrossword Clue
Sunday school storyCrossword Clue
Story originally promoting farming landCrossword Clue
Starts to become less enraged after soldiers storyCrossword Clue

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ABEL
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Cain's younger brotherCrossword Clue
Second son in GenesisCrossword Clue
Early victim of a brother’s envious loathing from the startCrossword Clue
Whom Cain slewCrossword Clue
First person to die, according to the BibleCrossword Clue
Brother of CainCrossword Clue
Biblical victim of fratricideCrossword Clue
Brother of CainCrossword Clue
Cain's victimCrossword Clue
Cain's brotherCrossword Clue

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ABLY
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
With facultyCrossword Clue
Without fumblingCrossword Clue
With skillCrossword Clue
SkillfullyCrossword Clue
SkillfullyCrossword Clue
With competenceCrossword Clue
With skillCrossword Clue
With skill, you can take odd bits off fat bellyCrossword Clue
With skill, you can take odd bits off fat bellyCrossword Clue
Boatman put one out skilfullyCrossword Clue

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ADORABLE
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"So cute!"Crossword Clue
PreciousCrossword Clue
Cute as can beCrossword Clue
Cuter than cuteCrossword Clue
CharmingCrossword Clue
"Aww!"-inspiringCrossword Clue
"Aww"-inducingCrossword Clue
EndearingCrossword Clue
Lovely top mark realistic, first in Russian baggedCrossword Clue
Boatman involved in terrible ordeal, but winningCrossword Clue

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APTLY
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
In a fitting wayCrossword Clue
How Vin Diesel was cast in "The Fast and the Furious," you might sayCrossword Clue
In a fitting mannerCrossword Clue
WellCrossword Clue
In a suitable mannerCrossword Clue
SuitablyCrossword Clue
In a fitting wayCrossword Clue
In a fitting wayCrossword Clue
As is fittingCrossword Clue
In a suitable mannerCrossword Clue

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GRANDMOTHER
11 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Matriarch possibly needs thousand marks extraCrossword Clue
Kinswoman of marvellous masculine variantCrossword Clue
See 22Crossword Clue

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KNOWWHATSWHAT
13 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Have experience and good judgementCrossword Clue
Be well informedCrossword Clue

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ADEQUATE
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Good enoughCrossword Clue
Cadet squad stew served without trimmings is enoughCrossword Clue
Cadet squad Sten stripped down OKCrossword Clue
Enough to correspond after a dateCrossword Clue
Enough to correspond after a dateCrossword Clue
Enough said, every now and then, on matchCrossword Clue
Enough said, every now and then, on matchCrossword Clue
Water infused with two vitamins taken everyday at the start is sufficientCrossword Clue
Present time allocated to match is satisfactoryCrossword Clue
A meeting about European question is acceptableCrossword Clue

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MELBA
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Peach ___Crossword Clue
___ toastCrossword Clue
Idris of “The Wire”Crossword Clue
___ toastCrossword Clue
Peach ___: fruity dessert with vanilla ice creamCrossword Clue
___ toast (Australian carb)Crossword Clue
Word before toast or after peachCrossword Clue
Toast opening?Crossword Clue
Word before toast or after peachCrossword Clue
Peachy dessert held back by tablematesCrossword Clue

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OKAPI
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Animal also called the zebra giraffeCrossword Clue
Animal resembling a giraffeCrossword Clue
African mammal with striped legsCrossword Clue
Fine detective captures a forest creatureCrossword Clue
African animal with features similar to zebras and giraffesCrossword Clue
Mammal endemic to the Democratic Republic of the CongoCrossword Clue
Giraffe's kinCrossword Clue
Animal also called a forest giraffeCrossword Clue
Giraffe-like animalCrossword Clue
Animal also known as the zebra giraffeCrossword Clue

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LIABLE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Subject to damagesCrossword Clue
On the hookCrossword Clue
Responsible (for)Crossword Clue
Likely – to be responsibleCrossword Clue
Legally answerableCrossword Clue
Legally responsibleCrossword Clue
LikelyCrossword Clue
InclinedCrossword Clue
Subject to change, bilateral art removedCrossword Clue
Subject to change, bilateral art removedCrossword Clue

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STABLE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Strong and ___, Theresa May’s campaign slogan in 2017Crossword Clue
See 11Crossword Clue
Where a groom may walk down the aisleCrossword Clue
Horse's homeCrossword Clue
SteadyCrossword Clue
Horse houseCrossword Clue
DependableCrossword Clue
Straw-strewn shelterCrossword Clue
House for a horseCrossword Clue
Unlikely to wobbleCrossword Clue

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TABLE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
See 11Crossword Clue
Setting for a settingCrossword Clue
On which Ping-Pong and air hockey are playedCrossword Clue
Suggest viewing Cervantes’ vampire in the mirror?Crossword Clue
Major purchase when furnishing a dining roomCrossword Clue
See 28Crossword Clue
Back of restaurant – competent server pouring out one drinkCrossword Clue
Periodic – or occasional?Crossword Clue
Dining room furnitureCrossword Clue
Dining room surfaceCrossword Clue

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VENERABLE
9 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Verbena struck the French as worthy of respectCrossword Clue
August with eleven getting drunk around pub, keeling overCrossword Clue

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WORKMANLIKE
11 Letters

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EQUABLE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Even question adult entering rising riverCrossword Clue
European facing question - competent and calmCrossword Clue
CalmCrossword Clue
Not easily disturbed by question and answer in rising riverCrossword Clue
Acting brethren, given top half, fit uniformCrossword Clue
Calm, or just losing itCrossword Clue
Just not holding it steadyCrossword Clue
Even question being in Europe; from set of data, it's time to leaveCrossword Clue
"Even question being in Europe; from set of data, its time to leave "Crossword Clue
Eastern queen free to be fairCrossword Clue

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HIGHTABLE
9 Letters

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MEASUREUP
9 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
How a tailor might make the grade?Crossword Clue
Make the gradeCrossword Clue
Cut itCrossword Clue

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ALBEE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" playwrightCrossword Clue
"A Delicate Balance" playwrightCrossword Clue
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" playwright EdwardCrossword Clue
"Three Tall Women" playwrightCrossword Clue
"Three Tall Women" playwrightCrossword Clue
"Seascape" playwrightCrossword Clue
"The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?" playwrightCrossword Clue
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" playwrightCrossword Clue
“Finding the Sun” playwrightCrossword Clue
Edward who wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"Crossword Clue

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AMEN
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Blessing enderCrossword Clue
"Preach!"Crossword Clue
"You said it, brother!"Crossword Clue
It’s the final wordCrossword Clue
Devotional period?Crossword Clue
"You said it, brother!"Crossword Clue
Hymn endingCrossword Clue
Last word of graceCrossword Clue
"Too true!"Crossword Clue
“Couldn’t agree more!”Crossword Clue

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CANTATA
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Bach workCrossword Clue
Bach compositionCrossword Clue
Any of almost 200 Bach worksCrossword Clue
Preserve farewell piece of musicCrossword Clue
Cheers following Canadian choral pieceCrossword Clue
Bach workCrossword Clue
Insincere talk advanced with thanks for choral workCrossword Clue
... will be able to join farewell with musical compositionCrossword Clue
Bach wrote one about coffeeCrossword Clue
Significant ataxia overshadows choral pieceCrossword Clue

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EATINGHUMBLEPIE
15 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Experiencing some "sweet" consequencesCrossword Clue

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TABLET
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Medicine ball?Crossword Clue
Device used for some food truck paymentsCrossword Clue
One of two for the Ten CommandmentsCrossword Clue
iPad, e.gCrossword Clue
Device with a touchscreenCrossword Clue
Device such as an iPadCrossword Clue
Water purification aidCrossword Clue
Propose this without the mans medicineCrossword Clue
Pad of paperCrossword Clue
Handy device prescribed by the doctor?Crossword Clue

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THESE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
This one and this oneCrossword Clue
This and thatCrossword Clue
"Kids ___ days . . ."Crossword Clue
The ones nearbyCrossword Clue
"If ___ walls could talk ..."Crossword Clue
Not those onesCrossword Clue
Chloe Gong novel "___ Violent Delights"Crossword Clue
This and thisCrossword Clue
Not thoseCrossword Clue
This lot managed 18 around Hoylake on vacationCrossword Clue

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ASSEMBLE
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Build, like a Lego structureCrossword Clue
Gather togetherCrossword Clue
Put together, like furnitureCrossword Clue
Gather with capacity to contain returning chaosCrossword Clue
Gather with capacity to contain returning chaosCrossword Clue
Gather, taking walk around South London areaCrossword Clue
Graduate stands outside canteen over by the French groupCrossword Clue
Graduate stands outside canteen over by the French groupCrossword Clue
GatherCrossword Clue
Build a ship with incomplete deviceCrossword Clue

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EFFICIENT
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Well-organised and productiveCrossword Clue
Well-organisedCrossword Clue
Capable, fifteen working around Channel IslandsCrossword Clue
Fifteen spread out to flank hundred and one? Well-organisedCrossword Clue
Smart little Euphemia collects just over 100 booksCrossword Clue
Organised moving fifteen to room 101Crossword Clue
Organised moving fifteen to room 101Crossword Clue
In effect, one changes enough to become capableCrossword Clue
Constant, not firm but effectiveCrossword Clue
Effective in doing what is requiredCrossword Clue

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HABITABLE
9 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Rules strong but suitable to live inCrossword Clue
Fit to live inCrossword Clue
Husband of limited talent fit for homeCrossword Clue

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LEADUPTO
8 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Metal cast put round to pave the wayCrossword Clue

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TABLEMAT
8 Letters

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TOGETHER
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Well-organisedCrossword Clue
Rock 2s get hard, each initially intactCrossword Clue
JointlyCrossword Clue
Continuously move up bound by rope?Crossword Clue
To take that woman hand in handCrossword Clue
Move back in line at the same timeCrossword Clue
As a unitCrossword Clue
Got over anaesthetic at the same timeCrossword Clue
Come ___ , 1969 Beatles songCrossword Clue
Stable and occasionally strong anaestheticCrossword Clue

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TURNTABLE
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Idris, extremely taken with track, spun DJ equipmentCrossword Clue
Go and suggest what a DJ may useCrossword Clue
Rotating platform finally built by high-class sailors on boardCrossword Clue
Performer with story about British DJs accessoryCrossword Clue
Record holderCrossword Clue
Record holder's go on boardCrossword Clue
Record holders go on boardCrossword Clue
One goes round in time with altar vessel to be storedCrossword Clue
Record support shown by performance chartCrossword Clue
Rotating platformCrossword Clue

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ABSOLVE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Clear of blameCrossword Clue
PardonCrossword Clue
Let offCrossword Clue
ExonerateCrossword Clue
Free, maybe regularly do crosswordCrossword Clue
ClearCrossword Clue
Acquit without blame a bishop found with crackCrossword Clue
Loose tummy muscles love getting exerciseCrossword Clue
Clear salt on crackCrossword Clue
Bev also might give pardonCrossword Clue

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CYNIC
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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
One who questions people's motivesCrossword Clue
Misanthropic personCrossword Clue

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REPARABLE
9 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Regarding story with a moral that can be fixedCrossword Clue
Note moral lesson, having some hope of correctionCrossword Clue
One selling farmland that can be brought back into useCrossword Clue
Touching story that could be made better?Crossword Clue
School subject, with one of its stories that could be changed for the betterCrossword Clue
Note story with a moral that can be set rightCrossword Clue
Concerned with teaching story that can be put rightCrossword Clue
Not necessarily ruinedCrossword Clue

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TABLETS
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Fires from Amazon, e.gCrossword Clue
Lab test — medicationCrossword Clue
iPads, e.gCrossword Clue
Devices at one's fingertipsCrossword Clue
Alternatives to gelcapsCrossword Clue
Laptop alternativesCrossword Clue
iPad and Kindle FireCrossword Clue
Armful for MosesCrossword Clue
Computers that travel wellCrossword Clue
Armful for MosesCrossword Clue

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VEGETABLEOIL
12 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
I leave gobletCrossword Clue

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SKATER
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Person doing ollies or axelsCrossword Clue
One gliding right behind fishCrossword Clue
Bladed gliderCrossword Clue
Adam Rippon, for oneCrossword Clue
Expert with figures?Crossword Clue
Performer on iceCrossword Clue
Practitioner of a winter sportCrossword Clue
Icy performer takes meandering runCrossword Clue
Performer in both the Winter and Summer Olympics, in different sportsCrossword Clue
One on rink maybe, sister, hugging CatherineCrossword Clue

35%
CAPAPIE
7 Letters

33%
VEGETABLEGARDEN
15 Letters

29%
ABLESSINGIN
11 Letters

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ABLE

10 RELATED CLUES

CAPABLE

10 RELATED CLUES

ADEPT

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APT

5 RELATED CLUES

EQUALTOTHETASK

GOOD

10 RELATED CLUES

SANE

6 RELATED CLUES

UPTO

8 RELATED CLUES

CONNOISSEUR

8 RELATED CLUES

JOURNEYMAN

5 RELATED CLUES

ABLER

10 RELATED CLUES

EFFECTIVE

7 RELATED CLUES

FLUENT

10 RELATED CLUES

HANDY

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SKILLED

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BETTER

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STYLISH

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PARABLE

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ABEL

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ABLY

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ADORABLE

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APTLY

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GRANDMOTHER

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KNOWWHATSWHAT

2 RELATED CLUES

ADEQUATE

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MELBA

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OKAPI

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LIABLE

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STABLE

10 RELATED CLUES

TABLE

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VENERABLE

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WORKMANLIKE

EQUABLE

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HIGHTABLE

MEASUREUP

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ALBEE

10 RELATED CLUES

AMEN

10 RELATED CLUES

CANTATA

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EATINGHUMBLEPIE

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TABLET

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