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Crooked Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is BENT which was last seen in the Telegraph Quick crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: BENT

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We think the answer is "BENT" which means:

    noun
  • • A relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
  • • Grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
  • • An area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges
  • • A special way of doing something
  • adjective satellite
  • • Fixed in your purpose
  • • Used of the back and knees; stooped
  • • Of metal e.g.
  • verb
  • • To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
  • • To become curved.
  • • To cause to change direction.
  • • To change direction.
  • • To be inclined; to direct itself.
  • • (usually with "down") to stoop.
  • • To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
  • • To force to submit.
  • • To submit.
  • • To apply to a task or purpose.
  • • To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
  • • To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
  • • To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
  • • To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
  • • To swing the body when rowing.
  • adjective
  • • (of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
  • • Corrupt, dishonest
  • • Homosexual.
  • • Determined or insistent.
  • • (of a person) leading a life of crime.
  • • Inaccurately aimed
  • • Suffering from the bends
  • • High from both marijuana and alcohol.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He picked up the coins with a bent paperclip."
  • • "She examined the bent frame of her glasses."

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Telegraph Quick30 Mar 2024 Down 22
Eugene Sheffer28 Jun 2023 Across 37
The Guardian Quick20 Feb 2023 Down 12
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