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Word "ABSTINENT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink
Synonyms:
abstentious
Examples:
not totally abstinent but abstemious

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
Synonyms:
abstainer, nondrinker

Crossword Clues for ABSTINENT

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Clue Source Date
Temperate characters in tennis bat repair (9)
Retraining from drinking alcohol (9)
Away, clutching can, and sober (9) The Guardian Cryptic 21 Jan 2025
Self-denying The Times Sunday Concise 20 Oct 2024
Absorbed in thought about can having no alcohol The Times Cryptic 15 Oct 2024
Practising self-restraint elsewhere involving money The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Oct 2024
Shunning alcohol
Sailors can entice some on the wagon (9)
Teetotal, missing taking in can? (9)
Away without money and not inclined to drink
Money stolen by missing person, who denies food and drinks (9)
Like one on the wagon missing imbibing can
Missing, having pocketed vessel, but not drinking (9) Puzzler Cryptic 12 Feb 2024
Teetotal The Times Concise 08 Feb 2024
Not drinking and not there, carrying can
Ascetic daydreaming about money! (9)
Like one on the wagon missing drinking can (9)
Like one on the wagon missing drinking can The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Jan 2024
Sober sailor sent to collect money The Guardian Cryptic 28 Dec 2023
Sober sailor sent to collect money (9)
Like one on the wagon (9)
Teetotal sailors at home, under cover it seems The Times Cryptic 16 May 2023
Sober sailors shelter crossing current The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Mar 2023
Moderate state briefly confused with Benin
Avoiding pub maybe, not present to receive money
Away, drinking can, not overindulging
Sober sailors can repair net
Like one on the wagon missing having can inside The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Mar 2021
Moderate muscles on point, getting certain discomfort ultimately The Telegraph Toughie 10 Dec 2020
Missing drinking container of beer? Certainly! The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Sep 2020
Restrained element breaks away The Sun Two Speed 07 Aug 2020
Going without alcohol The Sun Two Speed 07 Aug 2020
On the wagon The Telegraph Quick 25 Jul 2020
Having gone without can?
Avoiding alcohol, having gone without can 
Not taking drink out — can found inside
Self-denying sailors can finally purchase books
Ascetic is away collecting money
Wanting to save money, is off booze
Restrained muscles can experience nasty tension initially
Missing money taken on the wagon
Forsaking alcohol The Sun Two Speed 20 May 2018
A key southern landmass with no disadvantage, being temperate The Times Cryptic 18 Jul 2017
A key southern landmass with no disadvantage, being temperate
Not here to grab money on the wagon
Jack's at home, getting stuck into Spanish wine? He's not this
Saint bent out of shape and not having it?
Metal splits away on the wagon?
Gone after consuming can? Not such a one
Showing self-restraint
Showing self-restraint
On the wagon
Teetotaling
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