PREPOSITION: "used as a function word to indicate purpose" Crossword Clue

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PREPOSITION: "used as a function word to indicate purpose" Crossword Answer

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(preposition)
1. In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.
(conjunction)
1. Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything.
(noun)
1. One who takes, or that which is said on, the affirmative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it.

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

INDICATE (verb)
1. be a signal for or a symptom of
2. indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
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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More Missing Letter Crossword (8/31/2026) Answers

Across

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11. NOUN: "the sport of jumping from an airplane and typically executing a prolonged free fall before deploying a parachute"

13. NOUN: "used as a cry of surrender"

14. TRADEMARK: "used for a short stick that has pieces of soft cotton at both ends"

17. Give it another shot

19. Podcaster Theo ___

20. ADVERB: "at the present time or moment"

21. NOUN: "a sharp usually slender and curved nail on the toe of an animal"

23. ADJECTIVE: "shrewdly astute"

24. Run through, as a credit card

26. NOUN: "a style of composition in which the musical material is organized without reference to key"

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Down

1. Letters on British warships

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3. VERB: "to make a nosy or presumptuous inquiry"

4. VERB: "to reach or come to a place, condition, or situation that was not planned or expected"

5. NOUN: "a strap fastened to a bit by which a rider or driver controls an animal—usually used in plural"

6. City between Midland and Fort Worth

7. NOUN: "a woman who is a party to legal proceedings and whose true name is unknown or withheld"

8. Give in to gravity

12. NOUN: "a device...for...playing back [tapes]"

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16. PHRASE: "very briefly"

18. ADJECTIVE: "used to stress doing something without the help of another person; always used after a possessive"

22. VERB: "to be the victor in"

23. Travis who married Taylor

25. Catch for 23-Down

26. Toward the back of the ship

27. "___ the Walrus"

28. Prefix with state or lateral

29. "But of course!"

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