Colander Crossword Clue

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Colander Crossword Answer

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SIEVE

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through

Hint 2: Clue Definition

COLANDER (noun)
1. bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SIEVE
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
RESTRAIN

More Universal Crossword (8/30/2024) Answers

Across

1. Gobbles up

5. Baby kangaroo

9. The L of UCLA

12. *"My bad!" (In this clue's answer, note letters 4-5)

14. Style of dessert wine

15. *Position once played by Derek Jeter (... letters 1-3)

16. Bright Eyes frontman Oberst

17. Prefix with "dial" or "mobile"

18. "Oh, buzz off!"

19. Lucretius' language

22. **Pierces a hole in (... letters 5-9)

25. Neighbor of Yemen

26. **Some cubist paintings (... letters 1-3)

27. Direct (to)

29. Clucked in disapproval

30. Radical

32. "Pearl of the Black Sea" denizen

37. Sarandon of "Dead Man Walking"

39. Not be truthful with

40. ***Generosity (... letters 4-6)

44. Crops with altered DNA

45. ***"You've got my attention" (letters 1-3)

47. Shimmering

48. The sharks of "Shark Tank," e.g.

49. Droop, as a flower

51. 'For __ sake!'

52. Adobe graphics editor ... or when parsed differently, a hint to this puzzle's theme

57. Online auction site

58. Arrival line?

59. Onetime U.N. member Hammarskjold

60. Judge to be

61. Biblical garden

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1. UFO pilots

2. That hits the spot!

3. Confucian ideal

5. "Weekend Update" co-host Colin

6. Winning

7. Panic! at the Disco genre

8. 'Uh-huh'

9. Not-so-social sorts

10. Juliet's cry from the balcony

11. Emphasize

13. Surprise

14. White House VIP

16. High fortress

18. Secretly included on an email

19. Stuff of legends

20. Visa rival, for short

21. Roosevelt's successor

23. Raises

24. Camera brand

28. Lists on 57-Across, maybe

29. Thompson of Creed

31. Artists' inspirations

33. Behave like a tourist

34. Prefix meaning 'half'

35. Lots and lots

36. Like a gossip columnist, maybe

38. ___ Lingus

40. Walked unevenly

41. Single-celled organism

42. Motley, as a crew

43. Sticky

46. Used words that would be written as "@#&%" in comic books

47. Like a tortoise

50. Couple

52. Advanced deg.

53. ___-haw

54. Once owned

55. Gold or iron source, in Minecraft

56. Write

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