Motive Crossword Clue

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REASON
6 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Work (out)Crossword Clue
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Good thinkingCrossword Clue
JustificationCrossword Clue
"Give Me One ___" (Tracy Chapman song)Crossword Clue
GroundsCrossword Clue
Without rhyme or ___Crossword Clue

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CAUSE
5 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Protester's passionCrossword Clue
Touch offCrossword Clue
Activist's passionCrossword Clue
GroundsCrossword Clue
___ and effectCrossword Clue
Counterpart of effectCrossword Clue
Effect's partnerCrossword Clue
Make happenCrossword Clue

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INCITEMENT
10 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Popular call intended, with no answer for provocationCrossword Clue
It sounds like awareness signified motivationCrossword Clue
Computer department replacing line in severe provocationCrossword Clue

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INTENT
6 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
PurposeCrossword Clue
FixedCrossword Clue
Where campers may be, showing determinationCrossword Clue
Mens rea, for exampleCrossword Clue
The aim of camping?Crossword Clue
AimCrossword Clue

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KINETIC
7 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
In motionCrossword Clue
Relating to motionCrossword Clue
Like much of Calder’s artCrossword Clue
Family standard husband abandoned when movingCrossword Clue
Of motionCrossword Clue
Incite rioting after king reveals motiveCrossword Clue
Family (and the rest) must adopt current type of energyCrossword Clue
Like mobilesCrossword Clue
Parasite not quite attaching to cows, due to motionCrossword Clue

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REASONWHY
9 Letters

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SAKE
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Drink with junmai and nigori variantsCrossword Clue
Drink from a small cupCrossword Clue
Quaff with sushiCrossword Clue
Drink that's often served hot in the winterCrossword Clue
Sushi pairingCrossword Clue
Japanese drinkCrossword Clue
Drink at a sushi barCrossword Clue
Drink paired with sashimiCrossword Clue
"Oh, for goodness' ___"Crossword Clue
"For heaven's ___!"Crossword 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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ELECTRO
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Spider-Man foe who was struck by lightningCrossword Clue
Spider-Man's lightning-wielding foeCrossword Clue
High-voltage enemy of Spider-ManCrossword Clue
Spider-Man adversary played by Jamie FoxxCrossword Clue
Spider-Man adversary who was struck by lightningCrossword Clue
Printing plate? Choose whats right for printersCrossword Clue
Audibly chews, or conversely hip-hopCrossword Clue
High-voltage foe of Spider-ManCrossword Clue
Prefer bringing back alternative style of dance musicCrossword Clue
Short celebration includes revolutionary dance musicCrossword Clue

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GEARINGS
8 Letters

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IMPELLENTS
10 Letters

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LOCO
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
KookyCrossword Clue
Crazy, in CoahuilaCrossword Clue
El Pollo ___: fast-casual Southwestern chainCrossword Clue
"Come on, baby, do the ___-Motion"Crossword Clue
Plumb madCrossword Clue
BananasCrossword Clue
NutsoCrossword Clue
In ___ parentisCrossword Clue
Set into -motion?Crossword Clue
UnhingedCrossword Clue

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STEAM
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Cook, like shumaiCrossword Clue
Something to blow off or let offCrossword Clue
Kettle's outputCrossword Clue
Geyser outputCrossword Clue
Driver of some enginesCrossword Clue
Make furiousCrossword Clue
Boiling water outputCrossword Clue
"Full ___ ahead!"Crossword Clue
Prepare, as bao bunsCrossword Clue
What a hot iron may give offCrossword Clue

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ENGINE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Word after "search" or "tank"Crossword Clue
Machine that goes vroomCrossword Clue
Front car of a trainCrossword Clue
European 9 stealing £1,000 motorCrossword Clue
Pistons’ placeCrossword Clue
One of eight in a B-52Crossword Clue
Moving part on a vehicle?Crossword Clue
Pistons’ placeCrossword Clue
Something that can roar or purrCrossword Clue
Search ___Crossword Clue

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HIDDENAGENDA
12 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Ulterior motiveCrossword Clue
Ulterior motive – as a solver might discern in stagCrossword Clue
Concealed intentionsCrossword Clue
Secret plan suggested by Häagen-Dazs?Crossword Clue
Engine dad had designed for secret purposeCrossword Clue
Secret motive behind one's actionsCrossword Clue
Ulterior motiveCrossword Clue
Dad had engine modified showing ulterior motiveCrossword Clue
Concealed intentionsCrossword Clue

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IMPULSE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Sudden urgeCrossword Clue
Motivation of troublemaker at university, a London oneCrossword Clue
ItchCrossword Clue
WhimCrossword Clue
Urge, Mix muesli with a hint of pepper”Crossword Clue
Sudden urge I am going to beatCrossword Clue
Spontaneous desireCrossword Clue
Drive up motorway heading north to collegeCrossword Clue
Drive miles up to resortCrossword Clue
One million beans perhaps creating sudden urgeCrossword Clue

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GOODREASON
10 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
"That makes sense"Crossword Clue

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HATE
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Can't standCrossword Clue
AbhorCrossword Clue
"I ___ it here!" ("Ughhh!")Crossword Clue
DespiseCrossword Clue
Can't standCrossword Clue
DespiseCrossword Clue
"I ___ to bother you, but . . ."Crossword Clue
Seriously detestCrossword Clue
LoatheCrossword Clue
DespiseCrossword Clue

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WHATFOR
7 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
"Why?"Crossword Clue
Why I'm surprised to get backingCrossword Clue
"How come?"Crossword Clue
"Why?"Crossword Clue
Why North-South divide not entirely inspiring HolyheadCrossword Clue
A scolding? Please explainCrossword Clue
Why punishment?Crossword Clue

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BLACKMAIL
9 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
*Illegal extractionsCrossword Clue
Whats missing in British letters is crimeCrossword Clue
Lean on, in a wayCrossword Clue
See 25Crossword Clue
Exact money?Crossword Clue
It's a crime to exclude correspondenceCrossword Clue
Its a crime to exclude correspondenceCrossword Clue
Chess players letters causing offenceCrossword Clue
Film murder motive, sometimesCrossword Clue

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COACHHORSE
10 Letters

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DEER
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Bambi, e.gCrossword Clue
Fawns' parentsCrossword Clue
Moose and elkCrossword Clue
Road Xing animalCrossword Clue
Does in a forestCrossword Clue
A couple of bucks?Crossword Clue
Porcine : pigs :: cervine : ___Crossword Clue
Bambi, for oneCrossword Clue
"In the headlights" animalCrossword Clue
Bambi and FalineCrossword Clue

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HUSKY
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Common sled dogCrossword Clue
Breed of sled dogCrossword Clue
Chaffy the dogCrossword Clue
Hoarse … or a dogCrossword Clue
"Siberian" dogCrossword Clue
Sled dogCrossword Clue
Rough - one goes to mush!Crossword Clue
Sled dog breedCrossword Clue
Big dog!Crossword Clue
Froggy doggyCrossword Clue

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CONSIDERATION
13 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Concern for others - thats something to think aboutCrossword Clue
See 25Crossword Clue
Mislead party on quota issueCrossword Clue
Right-wing faction helping … for payment!Crossword Clue
Right-wing faction helping for payment!Crossword Clue
Fraud helping to hide bank paymentCrossword Clue
Thoughtfulness of Charlie on team, helpingCrossword Clue
Careful thoughtCrossword Clue
Thought to do in with arsenic strangelyCrossword Clue
Tory side helping, thinking of othersCrossword Clue

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TREASONABLE
11 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Committee accepts motive, deserving ultimate punishment?Crossword Clue
Source of this sound giving people awayCrossword Clue
False logic adopted by boardCrossword Clue
Disloyal - after leaders ousted, its OKCrossword Clue
Criminal in the end, dirt cheapCrossword Clue
Traitorous act ultimately fairCrossword Clue

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MODESTY
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
HumblenessCrossword Clue
What a humblebrag attempts to show, but doesn'tCrossword Clue
Humble qualityCrossword Clue
"The virtue of the lukewarm," per SartreCrossword Clue
HumilityCrossword Clue
Shyness in manner shown by good person to boy in the endCrossword Clue
"Aw shucks" qualityCrossword Clue
Reticence of the writer penning poetry ending in neglectCrossword Clue
Pen in support of form and decencyCrossword Clue
Do my best trick banishing boy's shynessCrossword Clue

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OXEN
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Big bovinesCrossword Clue
The Oregon Trail animalsCrossword Clue
Bovines that might be yokedCrossword Clue
Animals that pull plowsCrossword Clue
Animals that pull plowsCrossword Clue
Teammates who really pull for you?Crossword Clue
Bovine workersCrossword Clue
Yoked teamCrossword Clue
Draft animalsCrossword Clue
Farm workersCrossword Clue

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ENDLESS
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Having no boundariesCrossword Clue
Aims to keep the French Sabbath going for everCrossword Clue
Stream, as contrasted by Brooke, is thus eternalCrossword Clue
Unbroken, like a Manx cat?Crossword Clue
InfiniteCrossword Clue
Steel bands bat out composition like Schubert's 8th symphony?Crossword Clue
EternalCrossword Clue
Unlimited ambition shown by lieutenant firstly on English shipCrossword Clue
Going on foreverCrossword Clue
UnlimitedCrossword Clue

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HIDDEN
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Like some cameras and agendasCrossword Clue
Cook did stuffing for chicken out of sightCrossword Clue
Like some assets and agendasCrossword Clue
Art to be found in certain puzzles — and in the other across solutionsCrossword Clue
In high definition, I study the unknownCrossword Clue
In high definition, I study the unknownCrossword Clue
Camouflaged skin by applying essential powders from NorthCrossword Clue
Speech Id deny contains secretCrossword Clue
ConcealedCrossword Clue
Feature of Copenhagen — Danish design kept secretCrossword Clue

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RUNOUTOFSTEAM
13 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Dismissed old fellow leading second eleven to finish exhausted?Crossword Clue
Lose impetusCrossword Clue
Lose impetusCrossword Clue
Lose impetusCrossword Clue

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TREASON
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
High-level perfidyCrossword Clue
Benedict Arnold's offenseCrossword Clue
Acts of disloyalty aren’t so badCrossword Clue
One rat’s dreadful betrayalCrossword Clue
BetrayalCrossword Clue
BetrayalCrossword Clue
“High” crimeCrossword Clue
In Yorkshire, the motive for seditionCrossword Clue
Senator arranged a serious crimeCrossword Clue
The excuse when ambassador is let off crimeCrossword Clue

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MINIM
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
A note worth two crotchetsCrossword Clue
A half note in musicCrossword Clue
Half a semibreveCrossword Clue
Note with a white headCrossword Clue
NoteCrossword Clue
Eightieth of a teaspoonCrossword Clue
Musical noteCrossword Clue
Note car reversing on motorwayCrossword Clue
Two crotchetsCrossword Clue
Without hesitation, the smallest noteCrossword Clue

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CRESCENDO
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Increase in loudnessCrossword Clue
Soccer ground hosting final getting louder and louderCrossword Clue
Gradually increase in volumeCrossword Clue
Gradually increase in volumeCrossword Clue
Orchestral climaxCrossword Clue
Gradual increase in volumeCrossword Clue
Head of Columbia sadly censored climaxCrossword Clue
Build up for goal in free flowing soccerCrossword Clue
Build up for goal in free flowing soccerCrossword Clue
Peak ideology encompasses endless commotionCrossword Clue

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LETHAL
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"___ Weapon": buddy cop film franchiseCrossword Clue
DeadlyCrossword Clue
DeadlyCrossword Clue
___ Weapon, film franchise starring Danny GloverCrossword Clue
"___ Weapon" (buddy cop film)Crossword Clue
DeadlyCrossword Clue
Like the bite of a king cobraCrossword Clue
DeadlyCrossword Clue
Dangerous obstacle has the Italian horse retiringCrossword Clue
Dangerous obstacle has the Italian horse retiringCrossword Clue

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RESONANT
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Ringing senator, confused about nameCrossword Clue
SonorousCrossword Clue
Creative arts, none boomingCrossword Clue
Echoing notes ran freeCrossword Clue
One rants madly, boomingCrossword Clue
Vibrant tirade about broken noseCrossword Clue
Vibrant tirade about broken noseCrossword Clue
Echoing notes ran wildCrossword Clue
Reverberating snore disturbed TV presenterCrossword Clue
Lad after ecstasy in rave becomes vibrantCrossword Clue

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THEMED
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Like this crosswordCrossword Clue
Like this crossword puzzleCrossword Clue
The sea full of similar elementsCrossword Clue
Focused on a subject, as a crosswordCrossword Clue
Where the Is are found and what Is areCrossword Clue
Where the I's are found and what I's areCrossword Clue
Some loathe media having a recurring motifCrossword Clue
Where Rhodes and Majorca are similarly grouped?Crossword Clue
Nice view? Some parts are like thatCrossword Clue
Nice view? Some parts are like thatCrossword Clue

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FORESTALMENT
12 Letters

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ARSON
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Activity that may prompt burning questions?Crossword Clue
Bad lighting?Crossword Clue
Firebug's crimeCrossword Clue
Fire-starting crimeCrossword Clue
Fire-related crimeCrossword Clue
Firebug's offenseCrossword Clue
What might bring down the house?Crossword Clue
Cause of some wildfiresCrossword Clue
Fire-raiser’s crimeCrossword Clue
Incendiary crimeCrossword Clue

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DENNISTHEMENACE
15 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Troublesome boy developing he-man tendenciesCrossword Clue
Comic character in the end's beaten dangerCrossword Clue
Funny, good-hearted bratCrossword Clue
Mr. Wilson's baneCrossword Clue
Needs the nice man to be cast to support long time comic leadCrossword Clue

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MOVIE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Theater showingCrossword Clue
"Eight Crazy Nights" or "12 Angry Men"Crossword Clue
"Oppenheimer" or "Anora"Crossword Clue
Diversion on a long flightCrossword Clue
FlickCrossword Clue
Marvel's "The Avengers," e.gCrossword Clue
Universal offeringCrossword Clue
Common date night activityCrossword Clue
"Selma" or "Fargo"Crossword Clue
Cinema showingCrossword Clue

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VESTEDINTEREST
14 Letters

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CAUSEWAY
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Car’s first off, about to take advantage of high roadCrossword Clue
See 1Crossword Clue
Raised track across water or marshlandCrossword Clue
Reason to lean over on the elevated roadCrossword Clue
The how and why of reversing in the highroad?Crossword Clue
See 6Crossword Clue
Provincial giant has one belief to fight for - against wife always!Crossword Clue
With reason, soundly consider road that's raisedCrossword Clue
With reason, soundly consider road thats raisedCrossword Clue
Raised road crossing shallow waterCrossword Clue

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Showing 42 Matching Answers

REASON

7 RELATED CLUES

CAUSE

8 RELATED CLUES

INCITEMENT

3 RELATED CLUES

INTENT

6 RELATED CLUES

KINETIC

9 RELATED CLUES

REASONWHY

SAKE

10 RELATED CLUES

CYNIC

10 RELATED CLUES

ELECTRO

10 RELATED CLUES

GEARINGS

IMPELLENTS

LOCO

10 RELATED CLUES

STEAM

10 RELATED CLUES

ENGINE

10 RELATED CLUES

HIDDENAGENDA

9 RELATED CLUES

IMPULSE

10 RELATED CLUES

GOODREASON

1 RELATED CLUES

HATE

10 RELATED CLUES

WHATFOR

7 RELATED CLUES

BLACKMAIL

9 RELATED CLUES

COACHHORSE

DEER

10 RELATED CLUES

HUSKY

10 RELATED CLUES

CONSIDERATION

10 RELATED CLUES

TREASONABLE

6 RELATED CLUES

MODESTY

10 RELATED CLUES

OXEN

10 RELATED CLUES

ENDLESS

10 RELATED CLUES

HIDDEN

10 RELATED CLUES

RUNOUTOFSTEAM

4 RELATED CLUES

TREASON

10 RELATED CLUES

MINIM

10 RELATED CLUES

CRESCENDO

10 RELATED CLUES

LETHAL

10 RELATED CLUES

RESONANT

10 RELATED CLUES

THEMED

10 RELATED CLUES

FORESTALMENT

ARSON

10 RELATED CLUES

DENNISTHEMENACE

5 RELATED CLUES

MOVIE

10 RELATED CLUES

VESTEDINTEREST

CAUSEWAY

10 RELATED CLUES