Paying close attention Crossword Clue

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Paying close attention Crossword Answer

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ADVERTENT

(9 letters)

RAPT

(4 letters)

ALLEARS

(7 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
2. a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
(verb)
1. warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
(adjective)
1. engaged in or accustomed to close observation
2. mentally perceptive and responsive

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PAYING (adjective)
1. yielding a fair profit
2. for which money is paid
ATTENTION (noun)
1. the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
2. the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ADVERTENT
(9 letters)
RAPT
(4 letters)
ALLEARS
(7 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

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