PREPOSITION: "by way of" Crossword Clue

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PREPOSITION: "by way of" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. A road way.
(preposition)
1. By the way of.

Hint 2: Clue Definition

PREPOSITION (noun)
1. a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
2. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)

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Across

4. CONJUNCTION: "used as a function word to indicate that two words or expressions are to be taken together or individually"

9. ABBREVIATION: "a flat usually paper container (as for a letter)"

10. NOUN: "a roomy usually flat-bottomed boat used chiefly for the transport of goods on inland waterways and usually propelled by towing"

11. 180 degrees from SSW

12. NOUN: "any of several elementary particles that are postulated to come in pairs"

13. Even scores

15. Proofreader's "Don't touch this"

16. Present at birth

18. IDIOMATIC PHRASE: "to act in a way that is out of control"

21. NOUN: "the established form for a ceremony"

23. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "volcanic mountain 12,388 feet (3776 meters) high in south central Honshu, Japan; highest in Japan"

26. Cube creator Rubik

27. Lower (oneself) in humility

29. Half a song title from the movie "Rain Man"

30. COMBINING FORM: "hundred"

31. Four before "gee"

32. Deuces lose to them

33. INTERJECTION: "used especially to call attention"

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Down

1. Coffee shop size

2. NOUN: "a division of a baseball game consisting of a turn at bat for each team"

3. Brand of skincare products that uses oats

4. New Mexico's biggest city, briefly

5. VERB: "to affect with...disgust"

6. VERB: "used as a mild oath"

7. NOUN: "a hideous giant of fairy tales and folklore that feeds on human beings"

8. Utterly defeated, in chatroom slang

14. NOUN: "a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept and where the clergy prepares for services, rites, etc."

17. COMBINING FORM: "having three elements or parts"

19. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "city in northern Switzerland at the northwestern end of the Lake of [the same name]"

20. NOUN: "a native or inhabitant of New England"

22. NOUN: "a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps"

23. "True statement"

24. PREFIX: "to an extreme or excessive degree"

25. NOUN: "girl; woman"

28. "___ for Evidence" (Sue Grafton novel)

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