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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 25% | 12 | It clearly holds small fish but less clearly holds big fowl | |
3 | 24% | 9 | Holds off or holds up | |
The Alternative Holds The Alternative Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "OTHER" which means:
- adjective
- • Not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; quantifier, other adjective satellite
- • Recently past
- • Belonging to the distant past
- • Very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected noun
- • An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another.
- • The other one; the second of two. verb
- • To regard, label or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.
- • To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise. adverb
- • Apart from; in the phrase "other than".
- • Otherwise.
An example sentence would be:
- • "Let's consider the needs of others before our own."
- • "She always puts the needs of others first."
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