| In linguistics, omission of a sound or syllable (7) |
Mirror Quiz |
18 Oct 2025 |
| Sound omission |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Aug 2025 |
| Upset television vet removed for deleting parts of speech |
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| What an apostrophe might indicate |
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| Omission of a syllable or vowel between two words |
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| That which an apostrophe may indicate |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
01 Dec 2024 |
| Priest coming to holy mount, cutting bit of speech short |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Vocal cover-up and mounting interference stopped by individual's case |
The Telegraph Toughie |
24 Oct 2024 |
| Omitting fifty-one taking part in revolutionary racket (7) |
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| Reflection of sound around large island results in slurring of words |
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| Omission of a sound within a word or between two words |
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| Omission of a sound or syllable when speaking (7) |
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| Omitting pieces in speech a TV drops one initially, and a couple more later (7) |
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| Omitting pieces in speech - TV drops one initially, and a couple more later |
The Guardian Cryptic |
30 Jan 2024 |
| Lionise (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Oct 2023 |
| Ignoring sound eastern law, leader lost foresight |
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| Speech shortening |
Newsday |
29 May 2021 |
| Omission of a syllable |
Premier Sunday |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Something Cap'n Crunch has |
New York Times |
29 Feb 2020 |
| Feature of "G'day" or "Yes'm" |
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| Feature of 'G'day' or 'Yes'm' |
New York Times |
30 Oct 2019 |
| Omission of a syllable |
The Times Concise |
16 Aug 2019 |
| Saying ''I dunno,'' say |
Newsday |
11 May 2019 |
| Omission (from a book, etc) |
The Guardian Speedy |
11 Feb 2018 |
| Sound omission |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Feb 2018 |
| Priest's right to leave club — White's is an example |
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| A kind of shortening by the priest at Mumbai suburb |
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| Jack-o'-lantern feature |
Newsday |
14 Oct 2017 |
| Cut twice made in L'Elisir d'Amore |
The Times Cryptic |
02 Sep 2015 |
| Slurred speech? |
Jonesin |
03 Mar 2015 |
| Omission of a vowel in pronunciation |
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| Omission of a syllable in pronunciation |
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| Speaker's shortcut |
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| Will-o'-the-wisp feature |
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| Apostrophe's purpose, often |
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| Apostrophe's purpose, often |
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| Pronunciation omission |
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| Syllable omission |
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| Speaker's omission |
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| Omission of a vowel in pronunciation |
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| Sound loss |
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| Fo'c'sle feature |
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| Syllable skipping |
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| Jack-o'-lantern feature |
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| What "o'er" is an example of |
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| Utterance of "fo'c's'le" or "bos'n" |
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| Skip it |
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| Talkin' like this |
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| Slurring |
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| What an apostrophe may signal |
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| A going-over |
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| Vowel suppression |
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| Omission |
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| Vowel omission |
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| A dropping-out |
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| Dropping of a vowel in pronunciation |
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| Apocope |
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| Omission, as of a vowel |
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| Syllable omission |
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| Act of omitting |
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| Relative of syncope. |
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| Vowel suppression. |
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| Vowel omission. |
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| Omission of a syllable. |
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| Syncope. |
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| Euphonic omission. |
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| Striking out part of a word. |
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| A striking out. |
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| Omission of a vowel. |
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| Slurring over of a vowel. |
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| Suppression of a vowel. |
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