Confess Crossword Clue

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ADMIT
5 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Fess up (to)Crossword Clue
ConcedeCrossword Clue
Own up toCrossword Clue
Let inCrossword Clue
Cop toCrossword Clue
Fess up toCrossword Clue
AllowCrossword Clue
Fess upCrossword Clue

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AVOW
4 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Solemnly swearCrossword Clue
Declare with certaintyCrossword Clue
ProfessCrossword Clue
SwearCrossword Clue
ProclaimCrossword Clue
Declare formallyCrossword Clue
Declare openlyCrossword Clue
Confidently stateCrossword Clue

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OWN
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Not rent, sayCrossword Clue
Be possessive?Crossword Clue
BYOB partCrossword Clue
PossessCrossword Clue
Take responsibility forCrossword Clue
DominateCrossword Clue
Utterly dominateCrossword Clue
"A League of Their ___"Crossword Clue
Have possession ofCrossword Clue
Completely dominate, informallyCrossword Clue

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OWNTO
5 Letters

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TALK
4 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
"___ is cheap"Crossword Clue
TEDx presentationCrossword Clue
ConverseCrossword Clue
ChitchatCrossword Clue
"___ -->Crossword Clue
Speaker's eventCrossword Clue
ChatterCrossword Clue
SpeakCrossword Clue

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TELL
4 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
GiveawayCrossword Clue
InformCrossword Clue
RelateCrossword Clue
Poker table giveawayCrossword Clue
Spill the beansCrossword Clue
"Wait Wait . . . Don't ___ Me!" (NPR podcast)Crossword Clue
DiscloseCrossword Clue
"What did I ___ you?"Crossword Clue

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ADMITTO
7 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Come clean aboutCrossword Clue
AcknowledgeCrossword Clue

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COMECLEAN
9 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Own upCrossword Clue
Tell the whole truthCrossword Clue
Confess allCrossword Clue
Let the cat out of the bagCrossword Clue
Reveal all and sing — it's what we should do in the showerCrossword Clue
ConfessCrossword Clue

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LETON
5 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Show a tellCrossword Clue
Subtly indicateCrossword Clue
Allow to be knownCrossword Clue
DiscloseCrossword Clue
RevealCrossword Clue
DivulgedCrossword Clue
Historic British schoolCrossword Clue
DivulgeCrossword Clue

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OPENUP
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Bare one's soulCrossword Clue
Share personal detailsCrossword Clue
Discuss your feelingsCrossword Clue
Rapper’s appealCrossword Clue
Reveal things about yourselfCrossword Clue
Confide in a friend, sayCrossword Clue
Talk about your feelingsCrossword Clue
Speak candidlyCrossword Clue
"Let me in!"Crossword Clue

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RECANT
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Withdraw one's testimonyCrossword Clue
Withdraw opinionCrossword Clue
Announce that one's beliefs have changedCrossword Clue
DisavowCrossword Clue
WithdrawCrossword Clue
Formally disavow a belief once heldCrossword Clue
Religious study isnt able to change one's mindCrossword Clue
Retract a statementCrossword Clue
Take backCrossword Clue

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SPILLTHEBEANS
13 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Fail to keep a secretCrossword Clue
Let a secret slipCrossword Clue
Tell a secretCrossword Clue
BlabCrossword Clue
Give away secretsCrossword Clue
Accidentally leak article on runners?Crossword Clue
Drop article on vegetables and reveal a secretCrossword Clue

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SQUEAL
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Somewhat grotesque, alarming screamCrossword Clue
Pig soundCrossword Clue
Tell – as a sow?Crossword Clue
Delighted soundCrossword Clue
Cry from main cavalcade essentially surrounding queenCrossword Clue
Tell when one shouldn'tCrossword Clue
Shrill cry of ecstasy in brief stormCrossword Clue
In short storm mostly easterlys beginning to blowCrossword Clue
Shut up, bottling question, or tell allCrossword Clue
Cry — snitchCrossword Clue

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TELLALL
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Gossipy biographyCrossword Clue
Reveal the juiciest detailsCrossword Clue
Memoir with juicy detailsCrossword Clue
Salacious, perhapsCrossword Clue
Celebrity memoir that's full of salacious detailsCrossword Clue
Full of salacious storiesCrossword Clue
Like some memoirsCrossword Clue
Revealing memoirCrossword Clue
Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury," e.gCrossword Clue
Spill the beansCrossword Clue

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EATONESS
8 Letters

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ION
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Lithium-___ batteryCrossword Clue
Non-neutral particleCrossword Clue
B+, but not A+Crossword Clue
Charged particleCrossword Clue
Bit of plasmaCrossword Clue
Charged atomCrossword Clue
Bit of static buildupCrossword Clue
Particle that's either positive or negativeCrossword Clue
What's never free of chargeCrossword Clue
Solar wind particleCrossword Clue

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SCREWING
8 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Turning some heads?Crossword Clue
Celebrate, having caught gang cheatingCrossword Clue

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SHRIVE
6 Letters

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UNLOAD
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Vent frustrationCrossword Clue
Empty, like a truckCrossword Clue
Remove cargo fromCrossword Clue
DumpCrossword Clue
Remove dishes from the dishwasherCrossword Clue
DumpCrossword Clue
Discharge; relieveCrossword Clue
After uni cut short, boy goes round old dumpCrossword Clue
EmptyCrossword Clue
Empty, as a U-HaulCrossword Clue

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SPILLONESGUTS
13 Letters

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NURSING
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Rush around and celebrate health professional’s jobCrossword Clue
Healthcare majorCrossword Clue
Nightingale's calling?Crossword Clue
Career, on reflection, Carols after?Crossword Clue
Tending to race up and burst into songCrossword Clue
Old trade union to celebrate caring professionCrossword Clue
Second-most popular undergraduate major in the U.S., after businessCrossword Clue
Attending to fault in shaky rungCrossword Clue
Tending to rig, nuns convertedCrossword Clue
Johns Hopkins majorCrossword Clue

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SMACKING
8 Letters

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PRESSING
8 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
UrgentCrossword Clue
Ironing needing immediate attentionCrossword Clue
Urgent job for a laundressCrossword Clue
Vinyl record demanding attentionCrossword Clue
Urgent ironingCrossword Clue
Urgent demand in GulfCrossword Clue
Urgent job for a laundressCrossword Clue
Part of laundrys job requiring immediate attentionCrossword Clue

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SING
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Go caroling, sayCrossword Clue
___ the bluesCrossword Clue
Do some karaokeCrossword Clue
Participate in a choirCrossword Clue
Belt out – repeatedly for 21?Crossword Clue
Perform like SZACrossword Clue
Emulate Taylor SwiftCrossword Clue
Choir director's commandCrossword Clue
Belt out a tuneCrossword Clue
Perform "Hey Ya!"Crossword Clue

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CLEAN
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Kid-friendlyCrossword Clue
Fight grimeCrossword Clue
Family friendlyCrossword Clue
Free of profanityCrossword Clue
Free of filthCrossword Clue
Sweep or breakCrossword Clue
Off drugsCrossword Clue
College prop is spotlessCrossword Clue
Free of swearingCrossword Clue
UnblemishedCrossword Clue

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GRANTOWN
8 Letters

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SHOCKING
8 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
"Totally didn't see that one coming," sarcasticallyCrossword Clue
Appalling treatment in resuscitation room?Crossword Clue
Repulsive joint found in prison, half of it missingCrossword Clue
DreadfulCrossword Clue
Its scandalous to see Carol drinking wineCrossword Clue
Spill the beans about German wine being terribleCrossword Clue
Outrageous form of execution?Crossword Clue
Awful wine tipped into grassCrossword Clue

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STARTING
8 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
CommencingCrossword Clue
CommencingCrossword Clue
CommencingCrossword Clue
Skill in fraud on its wayCrossword Clue
Chant, ingesting acid and turning onCrossword Clue
Making rude observations about Tory leader in beginningCrossword Clue
Initial paintings involved in con jobCrossword Clue
LaunchingCrossword Clue

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CARESSING
9 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Tenderly strokingCrossword Clue
Cringes as criminal is showing affectionCrossword Clue

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SINKING
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Wrong ruler is plummetingCrossword Clue
Wrong ruler is plummetingCrossword Clue
Offend royal thats boring?Crossword Clue
Porn supremo perhaps becoming less successfulCrossword Clue
Degrading pre-eminent male following ill-doingCrossword Clue
Crime baron maybe going downCrossword Clue
Evil ruler in declineCrossword Clue
After moral offence, monarch is collapsingCrossword Clue
Do a number about family going underCrossword Clue
Wrong monarch in declineCrossword Clue

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SPLATTERING
11 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Messily spilling coffee with milk when entering vaultCrossword Clue

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STING
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
SmartCrossword Clue
*Removing lumps from, in a wayCrossword Clue
Ouchie from a beeCrossword Clue
"Float like a butterfly, ___ like a bee"Crossword Clue
Beekeeping hazardCrossword Clue
Con gameCrossword Clue
Mononym of musician Gordon SumnerCrossword Clue
Bee offensive?Crossword Clue
Undercover operationCrossword Clue
Rocker who plays himself, as a murder suspect, on "Only Murders in the Building"Crossword Clue

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FISHNET
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
One implement for catching tuna damaged the finsCrossword Clue
Keep quiet in delicate tee and a sexy stockingCrossword Clue
Sexy stockings cast hens into fitCrossword Clue
Stocking styleCrossword Clue
Fabric woven from finest end of clothCrossword Clue
Kinky fetish trousers - new, fine mesh fabricCrossword Clue
Sort of stockings an old trout could get into?Crossword Clue
Stocking makeupCrossword Clue
The fins will get tangled in itCrossword Clue
Stocking stuffCrossword Clue

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IMPOSING
8 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
August, time to be disrobed and showing offCrossword Clue
Dignified admission that ones putting on an act?Crossword Clue
What model says hes doing at work in AugustCrossword Clue
Impressive model's declarationCrossword Clue
Impressive models declarationCrossword Clue
Lofty declaration of model at work?Crossword Clue
This persons posturing as impressiveCrossword Clue
Great devil composed song about setterCrossword Clue

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ITSAFAIRCOP
11 Letters

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SHILLING
8 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Bob and Sir Rowland in prison. Not half!Crossword Clue
Bob Todds face omitted from Things Ill Sculpted” ?Crossword Clue
Sir Rowlands in prison. Not half!Crossword Clue
Old Bob and Carol separated by rising groundCrossword Clue
Old Bob and Carol separated by rising groundCrossword Clue
Celebrate about rise that was given to recruits in the pastCrossword Clue
Not 9 having No 2 coinCrossword Clue

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UNBOSOM
7 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Freely confess: 'Ridiculous bonus over short time'Crossword Clue
Bum has soon, when whipped, come cleanCrossword Clue
Bum has soon, when whipped, come cleanCrossword Clue
Relieve oneselfCrossword Clue

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ADAMITIC
8 Letters

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AMBUSHED
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
WaylaidCrossword Clue
Set upon in a surprise attackCrossword Clue
Taken by surprise, the old lady retired, exhaustedCrossword Clue
Attacked tired Welsh politician firstCrossword Clue
Waylaid American president with EdwardCrossword Clue
President in a Middle East dilemma initially attackedCrossword Clue
Waylaid intoxicated Dame embracing American PresidentCrossword Clue
WaylaidCrossword Clue
Trapped, cant stay awakeCrossword Clue
Attacked unexpectedlyCrossword Clue

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DROWN
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Ultimately flounder in drink – and then do this?Crossword Clue
Smother, as with sauceCrossword Clue
Experience death by waterCrossword Clue
Flood with chocolate syrup, sayCrossword Clue
Cause not to hear new promise being brought upCrossword Clue
___ one's sorrowsCrossword Clue
Overpower doctor and holdCrossword Clue
In central Madrid, crowds stunned to find swampCrossword Clue
In central Madrid, crowds stunned to find swampCrossword Clue
Third of Tories wearing blue go underCrossword Clue

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OVERSEWN
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OWNGOAL
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Individual’s self-defeating actionCrossword Clue
On the pitch that hurts a long wayCrossword Clue
Score at the wrong endCrossword Clue
Action which backfires on oneCrossword Clue
Action which backfiresCrossword Clue
To have ambition is a self-inflicted disadvantageCrossword Clue
Self-inflicted harmCrossword Clue
Defensive error gets cry of pain, followed by a long analysisCrossword Clue
Costly footballing errorCrossword Clue
Score at the wrong endCrossword Clue

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STELLA
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Comedian/activist YoungCrossword Clue
Name shouted in "A Streetcar Named Desire"Crossword Clue
"How ___ Got Her Groove Back"Crossword Clue
Parks whose cookbook "BraveTart" won the James Beard AwardCrossword Clue
Blanche's sister in "A Streetcar Named Desire"Crossword Clue
Labour MP for WalthamstowCrossword Clue
First name in pilsnersCrossword Clue
Fashion designer McCartneyCrossword Clue
Designer McCartneyCrossword Clue
"How ___ Got Her Groove Back"Crossword Clue

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COUGAR
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Mountain predatorCrossword Clue
Another name for a pumaCrossword Clue
Cat rough in the stomach, being taken for a ride?Crossword Clue
Mountain lionCrossword Clue
Tawny catCrossword Clue
Firm sauce served up for catCrossword Clue
Predator got urge periodically to board vehicleCrossword Clue
Predator got urge periodically to board vehicleCrossword Clue
Older womans company? Flipping saucy stuff!Crossword Clue
Big cat seeing gap, quietly escaping into yard, brieflyCrossword Clue

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SINGLE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
IndividualCrossword Clue
UnattachedCrossword Clue
AloneCrossword Clue
Praising legends enthralling recordCrossword Clue
Tax filing statusCrossword Clue
Hit for one making recordCrossword Clue
Record section of confusing lectureCrossword Clue
It's hit for one runCrossword Clue
Measure of malts in Glenfiddich?Crossword Clue
Measure of malts in Glenfiddich?Crossword Clue

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SWITCHING
9 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Changing troll over one carrying a broomCrossword Clue

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OWNUP
5 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Cop (to)Crossword Clue
Admit (to)Crossword Clue
Confess (to)Crossword Clue
Confess that hurts before Sally returns …Crossword Clue
Admit one's guiltCrossword Clue
Come cleanCrossword Clue
Confess (2 wds.)Crossword Clue
ConfessCrossword Clue

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DECLARE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
State with certaintyCrossword Clue
State finding dodgy dealer has captured CharlieCrossword Clue
Cleared off, sayCrossword Clue
Cleared off, sayCrossword Clue
Whimsically remove 19's county from stateCrossword Clue
Whimsically remove 19s county from stateCrossword Clue
State directive emptied Irish countyCrossword Clue
State emphatically cleared out disreputable Irish countyCrossword Clue
AnnounceCrossword Clue
Announce two poor grades at collegeCrossword Clue

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DISOWN
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Deny one’s in depressed stateCrossword Clue
Repudiate one’s association withCrossword Clue
Drop is put into drinkCrossword Clue
Refuse to be associated withCrossword Clue
RenounceCrossword Clue
RepudiateCrossword Clue
RepudiateCrossword Clue
Renounce, as police personnel haveCrossword Clue
Ditch has to be found in countyCrossword Clue
Reject plant that’s in rowCrossword Clue

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GROWNUP
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
AdultCrossword Clue
Adult; of ageCrossword Clue
An adult gives directions to classCrossword Clue
Adult Greek to come cleanCrossword Clue
AdultCrossword Clue
Over-eighteen set to drink wine regularlyCrossword Clue
AdultCrossword Clue
Mature government right to admit responsibilityCrossword Clue
AdultCrossword Clue
AdultCrossword Clue

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ITALIC
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Font optionCrossword Clue
Like characters that lean one way?Crossword Clue
Tilted, like typefaceCrossword Clue
Bold alternativeCrossword Clue
Tilted typeface typeCrossword Clue
SlantedCrossword Clue
Of characters, slantedCrossword Clue
Slanting to the rightCrossword Clue
Like a type that leans right?Crossword Clue
Emphatic print styleCrossword Clue

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SEPARATING
10 Letters

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SWOONING
8 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Reacting to a dreamboatCrossword Clue

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BLOWNUP
7 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
ExplodedCrossword Clue
ExplodedCrossword Clue

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LIONISING
9 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Acclaiming return of number one Liberal, I celebrateCrossword Clue

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MEACULPA
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Latin phrase meaning "my fault"Crossword Clue
The fault is mine! — Paul cameCrossword Clue
Latin for "my fault"Crossword Clue
I am to blame!Crossword Clue
Acknowledgement came out: yours truly wrong?Crossword Clue
My bad term of LatinCrossword Clue
Apology for metal found in food every yearCrossword Clue
Fault line?Crossword Clue
I am to blame!Crossword Clue
Admission of guilt got by copper during dinner with fatherCrossword Clue

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SHATTERING
10 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Terrible milliner: give voice about thatCrossword Clue
Carelessly straighten, breaking to small shardsCrossword Clue
Smashing fellow deemed mad is lying in grassCrossword Clue
Smashing fellow deemed mad is lying in grassCrossword Clue
Terrible threat lying within grass could be overwhelmingCrossword Clue
Working nights, rate terribleCrossword Clue
Very upsetting, gun wings a girth badlyCrossword Clue
Very shocking squeal enveloping millinerCrossword Clue

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THEDANCE
8 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Song sung by Garth Brooks on Jay Leno's last "Tonight Show"Crossword Clue

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UPTOWN
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Like Manhattan in the 80s and 90s?Crossword Clue
___ Girl, Billy Joel hitCrossword Clue
"___ Girl" (Billy Joel hit)Crossword Clue
Residential area of an American cityCrossword Clue
Area of city as far as Wimbledon vacatedCrossword Clue
Where its residential as far as outskirts of Washington?Crossword Clue
Train direction from Manhattan to the BronxCrossword Clue
Primarily urban precinct, territory of wealthy natives?Crossword Clue
Direction of some subway trainsCrossword Clue
Part of Manhattan, as far as two quarters will get youCrossword Clue

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GORDONBROWN
11 Letters

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SKIDDING
8 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Moving without control, starting to stretch then pulling legCrossword Clue
Moving without control, starting to stretch then pulling legCrossword Clue
Captain stuck in grass, not moving properlyCrossword Clue

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TWINTOWN
8 Letters

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Showing 62 Matching Answers

ADMIT

8 RELATED CLUES

AVOW

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OWN

10 RELATED CLUES

OWNTO

TALK

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TELL

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ADMITTO

2 RELATED CLUES

COMECLEAN

6 RELATED CLUES

LETON

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OPENUP

9 RELATED CLUES

RECANT

9 RELATED CLUES

SPILLTHEBEANS

7 RELATED CLUES

SQUEAL

10 RELATED CLUES

TELLALL

10 RELATED CLUES

EATONESS

ION

10 RELATED CLUES

SCREWING

2 RELATED CLUES

SHRIVE

UNLOAD

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SPILLONESGUTS

NURSING

10 RELATED CLUES

SMACKING

PRESSING

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SING

10 RELATED CLUES

CLEAN

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GRANTOWN

SHOCKING

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STARTING

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CARESSING

2 RELATED CLUES

SINKING

10 RELATED CLUES

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1 RELATED CLUES

STING

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FISHNET

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IMPOSING

8 RELATED CLUES

ITSAFAIRCOP

SHILLING

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UNBOSOM

4 RELATED CLUES

ADAMITIC

AMBUSHED

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DROWN

10 RELATED CLUES

OVERSEWN

OWNGOAL

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STELLA

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COUGAR