Comparison word Crossword Clue

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LESS

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(conjunction)
1. A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that.

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

COMPARISON (noun)
1. qualities that are comparable
2. the act of examining resemblances
WORD (noun)
1. the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)
2. information about recent and important events
WORD (verb)
1. put into words or an expression

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

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LESS
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Hint 4: Anagram

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HANT

More Seattle Times New Crossword (3/17/2026) Answers

Across

1. Dispute

9. Dog-paddle, e.g.

13. Fuzzy fruit

14. Suspend

15. Helper

16. Sharp cry

17. Yegg's caper

18. Dog's pest

19. Contemplate

21. Potato dish

22. Start growing

25. Absolute

28. Bass basket

29. Nonesuch

32. Managed

33. Attribute

37. Eternity

39. "Sure, captain!"

40. Japan's capital, once

41. Turkish bigwig

42. Tent spike

43. Stand

45. Placed

46. Sell

48. Abandon, NASA style

50. __ sanctum

52. Uneven?

53. Move sinuously

56. Promo writers

58. — -chef

59. Shortwave

61. Hawaiian bird

65. Wager

66. Ape

67. Exude

68. Adjacent

69. Ice mass

70. Brass instrument

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Down

1. Blue above

2. Key lime ___

3. Boring tool

4. Walk quietly

5. MTV watcher, e.g.

6. Japanese poem

7. Burro

8. Seine

9. African trip

10. Comic Rogers

11. Glimmering

12. Honey beverage

14. Bill

20. Island dance

21. Bone-dry

22. Fragment

23. Devout petition

24. Go back

26. Stale

27. Drum

30. Brewing chamber

31. Milk product

34. Knitter's buy

35. Bike

36. Decay

38. Well-groomed

43. Gaunt

44. Neck back

47. Fiddle

49. Baby's headwear

51. Sonar's kin

52. Urban woe

53. Read

54. Sole

55. Tiny bit

57. Dent

59. Steal from

60. Live

62. Swift bird

63. Point

64. Greek letter

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