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Word "ANCESTOR" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Synonyms:
antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root

Crossword Clues for ANCESTOR

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Forebear Wall Street Journal 23 Apr 2024
Family member from a long time ago Mirror Tea Time 11 Apr 2024
Turning up no traces of a forebear (8)
Progenitor, forebear (8)
Perchance story's about old relative (8)
Perchance story's about old relative The Telegraph Toughie 07 Mar 2024
A forebear shown on a crest like this (8)
Relative from centuries before
Some one from whom a person is descended (8)
Forebear The Times Concise 13 Jan 2024
A family member who lived a longtime ago (8)
An escort is arranged for one who has gone before
Forefather Mirror Classic 10 Dec 2023
What is one's progenitor called (8)
Neanderthal perhaps appearing in romance stories
One high up in a family tree Wall Street Journal 14 Nov 2023
Relation up a tree? The Times Quick Cryptic 09 Nov 2023
Relative who's up a tree? Universal 01 May 2023
Person from whom one is descended — no traces (anag) The Guardian Quick 25 Apr 2023
Forefather described by romance story The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Jul 2022
Old man recants nothing after review
Old relative an escort, embarrassingly The Times Cryptic 20 Jun 2022
One coming before performances to record shows The Times Cryptic 29 Apr 2022
23andMe discovery LA Times Daily 27 Feb 2022
23andMe discovery The Washington Post 27 Feb 2022
From a previous generation, a much older member of the family in finance store Irish Times Crosaire 04 Feb 2022
From whom one is descended Irish Times Simplex 27 Jan 2022
Jockey cares not for one who ran his race long before him Irish Times Crosaire 06 Dec 2021
Article on church turns bad over predecessor Irish Times Crosaire 18 Nov 2021
Person up in a tree? Universal 13 Nov 2021
Forebear The Telegraph Quick 25 Oct 2021
Antecedent, forebear Irish Times Simplex 13 Aug 2021
Person in a tree? Wall Street Journal 12 Aug 2021
Old relative seen in romance story The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Jul 2021
Suspicious cartons contain drug precursor
Cat snore irritated forefather The Sun Two Speed 08 May 2021
Predecessor The Sun Two Speed 08 May 2021
Predecessor can store bananas The Sun Two Speed 24 Apr 2021
Antecedent The Sun Two Speed 24 Apr 2021
Forebear needs an exotic escort The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Apr 2021
One's predecessor reacts on being corrected
Great-grandmother, say LA Times Daily 13 Mar 2021
Great-grandmother, say The Washington Post 13 Mar 2021
Participator in your descent or ascent, oddly
So Cretan could be forefather? The Sun Two Speed 03 Feb 2021
One from whom we are descended Irish Times Simplex 09 Jan 2021
One's predecessor reacts on being condemned
Relative acceleration with new model Escort
Unexpectedly trace son and forefather The Sun Two Speed 25 Nov 2020
Antecedent, forebear Irish Times Simplex 24 Nov 2020
Forebear requires an exotic escort The Sun Two Speed 15 Sep 2020
Forebear Thomas Joseph 23 Jul 2020
Cat snore surprising predecessor The Sun Two Speed 13 Jul 2020
Person discovered through 23andMe Universal 06 Jun 2020
An exotic escort for predecessor The Sun Two Speed 10 May 2020
1 Down, to Noah Newsday 01 May 2020
Forefather in scorn ate bananas The Sun Two Speed 29 Mar 2020
So Cretan might be forefather The Sun Two Speed 04 Mar 2020
Predecessor can store nuts The Sun Two Speed 28 Feb 2020
Dipping into finances to repay grandpa?
Antecedent The Telegraph Quick 24 Dec 2019
Forefather can store bananas The Sun Two Speed 23 Dec 2019
Seth, to Noah Newsday 28 Nov 2019
Source of stability getting established for hospital's early version The Telegraph Toughie 05 Nov 2019
Model cares not for great, great-grandfather, for example Irish Times Crosaire 25 Sep 2019
Forerunner of crest on a dress Irish Times Crosaire 29 Mar 2019
Foregoer Newsday 23 Mar 2019
Forebear The Telegraph Quick 23 Feb 2019
From whom one is descended Irish Times Simplex 11 Dec 2018
Forebear requires an exotic escort
Escort an eccentric old relative
In reduced circumstances, Torquay is the answer for great-granny, perhaps? The Telegraph Toughie 16 May 2018
Forebear caught stabbing a wise old king
Forebear -- no trace, regrettably, across South The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Mar 2018
Enactors (anag.) The Telegraph Quick 03 Feb 2018
Ma isn't in Sacramento, but weirdly great-grandma is
An odd escort for an older person
You left dancing courtesan for family elder
Drunk on crates had a part to play in Roots Irish Times Crosaire 09 Dec 2016
Front-runner, perhaps holding off Germany, and it's gold for France! The Telegraph Toughie 23 Sep 2016
An odd escort for an older person The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Sep 2016
Trace son mistreated by forebear
Doctor cares not for predecessor
Forefather catching cold, one Greek sage at Troy
Doctor cares not for predecessor
Forebear Premier Sunday 13 Dec 2015
Perchance story will include old relative The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Nov 2015
Old family member losing head jigs on peak
Old family member dances to ragtime records
Contributor to person's descent or ascent, curiously The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Jun 2015
Antecedent Irish Times Simplex 12 Jun 2015
Forebear The Times Concise 17 Apr 2015
Forebear
A wise man defends cold forebear
Family tree entry
Great-grandmother, e.g.
Forebear
Genealogical discovery
Genealogical discovery
Progenitor
One known for forbearance
Family-tree member
Tree listing
Forebear
One with descendants
Great, great granddad, for one
Great-grandfather, e.g.
Family tree member
Kunta Kinte to Alex Haley e.g.
Grandmother or great-grandfather
Forebear
Family tree listing
Abraham, to Asher
Forebear
Progenitor
Forerunner
Kunta Kinte, to Haley
Family-tree V.I.P.
Forebear.
Progenitor.
Forefather.
Object of worship in Japan.
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