| Fly or fish, for example |
LA Times Daily |
07 Oct 2025 |
| "Proper" or "common" grammar part |
|
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| Paper or plastic, say |
New York Times |
01 Oct 2025 |
| Sentence subject? |
USA Today Quick |
13 Sep 2025 |
| Sir or madam |
Universal |
08 Sep 2025 |
| Animal, vegetable or mineral |
USA Today |
30 Aug 2025 |
| Grammar subject that may be "proper" |
|
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| Name, place, animal, or thing, e.g. |
|
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| Person, place or thing |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2025 |
| Coffee or tea |
LA Times Daily |
10 Aug 2025 |
| "Adjective" or "verb," e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Aug 2025 |
| Common or proper part of speech (4) |
The Sun Mini |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Religious person including love in part of speech (4) |
|
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| Trick or treat? |
USA Today |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Person, place, or thing |
Newsday |
16 Jul 2025 |
| Rock, paper or scissors |
Universal |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Person, place, or thing |
Commuter |
08 Jul 2025 |
| Word that can be common or proper |
|
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| Person, place or thing word (4) |
|
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| Verb's counterpart |
|
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| Proper part of speech? |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jun 2025 |
| Any number working outside university term? |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
24 Jun 2025 |
| Adjective follower |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2025 |
| Word used as name of a place person or thing |
|
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| Word used as the name of something (4) |
Puzzler |
20 May 2025 |
| Part of speech for "part" or "speech" |
|
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| Love is an abstract one |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 May 2025 |
| Person, place or thing |
USA Today |
06 May 2025 |
| No French article for naming word (4) |
|
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| Tony is a proper one (4) |
|
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| Part of speech |
Mirror Classic |
03 May 2025 |
| A part of speech that could be common, proper or collective (4) |
|
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| Person, place, or thing, e.g. |
|
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| Cat, catalog, or catcher, e.g. |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Apr 2025 |
| Part of speech that can be proper |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Paper or plastic |
LA Times Daily |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Any word ending with "ism" |
Universal |
02 Apr 2025 |
| Verb, adjective, or adverb, oddly enough |
|
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| Name, place, animal, or thing |
|
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| Verb go-with |
Premier Sunday |
30 Mar 2025 |
| Part of a sentence |
Family Time |
23 Mar 2025 |
| According to "Schoolhouse Rock!" it's a person, place, or thing |
|
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| Refusal in French, one that could be proper or common |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Mar 2025 |
| Part of speech |
The Sun Mini |
17 Mar 2025 |
| Oscar, Los Angeles, or statuette |
|
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| Part of speech |
Mirror Classic |
17 Mar 2025 |
| It can be proper, collective, or common |
|
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| Name, place, animal, or thing, e.g. |
|
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| Barn or sound |
LA Times Daily |
09 Mar 2025 |
| Name, place, animal or thing |
|
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| Naming word |
Mirror Tea Time |
26 Feb 2025 |
| She takes vows about love for a person, for example (4) |
|
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| Word such as "crossword" |
The Times Concise |
28 Jan 2025 |
| Subject, usually |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Something modified by an adjective |
|
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| Naming word |
Mirror Classic |
08 Jan 2025 |
| What "verb" or "adjective" is, confusingly |
New York Times Mini |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Proper, common, or collective, e.g. |
|
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| It may be a thing |
Universal |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Word for people. places or things (4) |
|
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| Type of word |
Mirror Quick |
01 Jan 2025 |
| Ring devout woman about word |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 Jan 2025 |
| Person, place, or thing |
Commuter |
30 Dec 2024 |
| Nature or nurture |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2024 |
| Name, place, animal or thing |
|
|
| Grammatical term for initial name of unspecified nature (4) |
|
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| Verb's partner |
|
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| A name for number one in France (4) |
|
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| Mad Libs word category |
TV |
08 Dec 2024 |
| Mad Libs word category |
TV |
01 Dec 2024 |
| Person, place, thing, or idea |
|
|
| Sister embracing love and goodness, for example (4) |
|
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| "Common" or "proper" thing in grammar |
|
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| Any thing, grammatically |
Newsday |
12 Nov 2024 |
| Name, place, animal or thing |
|
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| "Thing" word |
|
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| Person, place, or thing |
Newsday |
05 Nov 2024 |
| Person, place, or thing, e.g. |
|
|
| "Cross," "word" or "crossword," say |
Universal |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Naming word |
Mirror Classic |
11 Oct 2024 |
| One may precede a verb |
Universal |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Nature or nurture, e.g. |
|
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| Sister embraces nothing but the word (4) |
|
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| Word qualified by an adjective |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
22 Sep 2024 |
| It may be proper for a sister to admit nothing |
|
|
| Ring devout woman about word |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Type of word |
Mirror Quick |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Verb's subject, often |
|
|
| A part of speech by a religious, concealing nothing (4) |
|
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| Person, place, or thing |
Newsday |
27 Aug 2024 |
| Person, place or thing |
Universal |
19 Aug 2024 |
| Word used to identify a person, place or thing (4) |
|
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| Naming word such as a common - or proper - |
Mirror Quiz |
25 Jul 2024 |
| Subject, usually |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Person, place, or thing |
Commuter |
19 Jul 2024 |
| What an adjective describes |
|
|
| Subject, usually |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Jul 2024 |
| Sister harbouring love for relation in exemplary way (4) |
|
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| In grammar, a word universally found in French negative (4) |
|
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| Part of a sentence (grammar) |
|
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| Part of speech for "part" and "speech" |
|
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| Person, place, or thing |
Commuter |
03 Jul 2024 |
| Word such as "word" |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Part of speech in Reno, unheard (4) |
|
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| Sentence subject matter |
USA Today Quick |
26 Jun 2024 |
| Part of speech |
The Sun Mini |
24 Jun 2024 |
| This answer isn't a proper one |
|
|
| Word that's a person, place, or thing |
|
|
| No one in France has this name (4) |
|
|
| Rock, paper, or scissors |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Person, place, or thing |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2024 |
| Salt, fat, acid or heat, e.g. |
New York Times Mini |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Naming word |
Mirror Classic |
05 Jun 2024 |
| It might be "common or " proper |
USA Today |
01 Jun 2024 |
| Thing that might be proper |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
22 May 2024 |
| Object or subject |
|
|
| Person, place, or thing |
Newsday |
13 May 2024 |
| Subject, usually |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 May 2024 |
| Person, place, or thing, e.g. |
|
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| Subject of a verb |
|
|
| Wall or flower |
LA Times Daily |
14 Apr 2024 |
| Naming word used in announcement (4) |
|
|
| One might be proper |
Universal |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Perhaps senate vote against peacekeepers (4) |
|
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| Grammatical part of speech that names something (4) |
|
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| Grammatical word showing sister to have swallowed nothing (4) |
|
|
| Denies the United Nations have a word to name it (4) |
|
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| A name is a proper one! |
|
|
| Not a verb |
|
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| Person, place, or thing |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2024 |
| Part of speech |
LA Times Daily |
25 Mar 2024 |
| Grammar term |
|
|
| Subject of verb |
|
|
| Naming word |
Mirror Tea Time |
20 Mar 2024 |
| A substantive that may be considered non-u (4) |
|
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| Name, place, animal, or thing, e.g. |
|
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| Name, place, animal or thing |
|
|
| "Every person you can know and every place that you can go," per "Schoolhouse Rock!" |
USA Today |
17 Feb 2024 |
| Naming part of speech (4) |
|
|
| What "man" first seems like in the sentence "The old man the boat" |
New York Times Mini |
08 Feb 2024 |
| Person, place or thing |
USA Today |
28 Jan 2024 |
| A person, place or thing, grammatically speaking |
|
|
| Day or night |
Newsday |
19 Jan 2024 |
| It can be proper, collective, or common |
|
|
| It may be abstract or proper |
|
|
| Proper, common, or collective, e.g. |
|
|
| Life or death, e.g. |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Tree or flower, e.g. |
|
|
| Name, place, animal or thing |
|
|
| Person, place or thing |
Newsday |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Refusal by the French to accept posh type of word (4) |
|
|
| A word from holy woman about love (4) |
|
|
| Subject of grammatical study? |
|
|
| Person, place or thing |
Commuter |
02 Dec 2023 |
| Subject of a sentence, perhaps |
|
|
| ''Common'' word |
Newsday |
12 Oct 2023 |
| Advise : verb :: advice : ___ |
Universal |
04 Oct 2023 |
| Proper — |
Premier Sunday |
01 Oct 2023 |
| One may be proper or collective |
Universal |
23 Sep 2023 |
| It's really something! |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2023 |
| Name for a name, in grammar |
|
|
| Any word that can be pluralized |
Newsday |
13 Sep 2023 |
| Person, place or thing |
USA Today |
23 Aug 2023 |
| "Proper" or "common" grammar part |
|
|
| Person, place or thing |
USA Today |
17 Jul 2023 |
| Part of speech that might be 'proper' |
New York Times |
17 Jul 2023 |
| Part of speech |
The Times Concise |
22 Jun 2023 |
| Part of a sentence |
Family Time |
05 Jun 2023 |
| It can be proper or common |
|
|
| Name, place, animal, or thing |
|
|
| Person, place or thing, grammatically |
USA Today |
21 May 2023 |
| Soup or salad |
Newsday |
06 May 2023 |
| Grammar element that may be proper or collective |
|
|
| Name, place, or thing, in grammar |
|
|
| One may be common or proper |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Apr 2023 |
| Grammar subject that may be "proper" |
|
|
| Soup or salad |
Newsday |
25 Mar 2023 |
| Person, place, or thing |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Mar 2023 |
| 'Common' word |
Newsday |
12 Mar 2023 |
| Name, place, animal, or thing |
|
|
| Object of a verb |
USA Today |
05 Mar 2023 |
| Person, place or thing, grammatically |
USA Today |
04 Mar 2023 |
| Paper or plastic |
LA Times Daily |
16 Feb 2023 |
| Article go-with |
New York Times |
11 Feb 2023 |
| 'Verb' or 'adjective,' e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jan 2023 |
| Subject, usually |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jan 2023 |
| Adjective follower |
Newsday |
28 Dec 2022 |
| It may be proper or common |
|
|
| Word that's pluralizable |
Premier Sunday |
04 Dec 2022 |
| What an adjective modifies |
New York Times |
15 Nov 2022 |
| Person, place or thing |
USA Today |
10 Nov 2022 |
| Life or death |
LA Times Daily |
19 Oct 2022 |
| Person, place or thing |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2022 |
| Parsing choice |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Sep 2022 |
| Part of speech |
The Guardian Quick |
10 Sep 2022 |
| Name, place, animal, or thing |
|
|
| What an adjective describes |
|
|
| Content word for person, place or thing |
Irish Times Simplex |
18 Jun 2022 |
| Adjective follower, often |
Premier Sunday |
05 Jun 2022 |
| Naming word |
The Times Concise |
23 May 2022 |
| Person, place or thing |
USA Today |
09 May 2022 |
| Plural word, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
07 May 2022 |
| "Proper" or "common" thing in grammar |
|
|
| Subject, usually |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Apr 2022 |
| Person, place or thing, in grammar |
The Washington Post |
11 Apr 2022 |
| Person, place or thing, in grammar |
LA Times Daily |
11 Apr 2022 |
| A verb often follows it |
Premier Sunday |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Adjective follower, often |
Newsday |
06 Apr 2022 |
| Word that refers to a person, place, animal, thing |
|
|
| ''Thyme'' or ''basil'' |
Newsday |
30 Mar 2022 |
| A person, place or thing in a sentence |
Irish Times Simplex |
24 Mar 2022 |
| Subject, usually |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Mar 2022 |
| Subject, usually |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Mar 2022 |
| Word that can be pluralized |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2022 |
| Part of speech of the word 'crossword' |
USA Today |
15 Feb 2022 |
| It may be proper or common |
|
|
| Any thing |
Universal |
27 Jan 2022 |
| Word that can be common or proper |
|
|
| An adjective modifies one |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2022 |
| "Crossword," e.g., grammatically |
Universal |
14 Jan 2022 |
| Name of sister without ring |
|
|
| Identifying word |
The Times Concise |
31 Dec 2021 |
| Name, place, animal, or thing |
|
|
| It may be proper or common |
|
|
| Proper __ |
LA Times Daily |
23 Dec 2021 |
| New York is a proper one |
Universal |
09 Dec 2021 |
| Lamp, e.g.; light, only sometimes |
LA Times Daily |
02 Dec 2021 |
| Part of speech |
Canadiana |
08 Nov 2021 |
| Adjective, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Nov 2021 |
| Adjective follower, often |
|
|
| What an adjective modifies |
USA Today |
29 Oct 2021 |
| It could be abstract or proper |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Oct 2021 |
| Either word in the clue "Sentence component" |
Universal |
22 Oct 2021 |
| "Grammar" is a common one |
Universal |
15 Oct 2021 |
| Person, place or thing |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2021 |
| Dear, sir or madam, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
26 Sep 2021 |
| ''Adverb'' or ''adjective'' |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2021 |
| Person, place, or thing, e.g. |
|
|
| It could be proper or collective |
|
|
| Ride or die, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 Aug 2021 |
| This answer, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Aug 2021 |
| Woman or man |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2021 |
| No-one at Cannes that could be common |
|
|
| One may be proper |
Universal |
30 May 2021 |
| This answer's part of speech |
Universal |
24 May 2021 |
| Student in English class? |
LA Times Daily |
16 May 2021 |
| Student in English class? |
The Washington Post |
16 May 2021 |
| Name, place, animal, or thing |
|
|
| Person, place, or thing |
Newsday |
04 May 2021 |
| Math or science, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
18 Apr 2021 |
| Major or minor, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
04 Apr 2021 |
| It's always something |
Newsday |
02 Apr 2021 |
| Word that might be 'proper' |
New York Times |
29 Mar 2021 |
| Name, place, animal or thing |
|
|
| Pluralizable word |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Feb 2021 |
| What an article may come with? |
New York Times |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Subject, usually |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Feb 2021 |
| Part of a proper sentence |
Family Time |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Mad Libs request |
Universal |
28 Jan 2021 |
| Friend or foe |
New York Times |
08 Jan 2021 |
| Person, place, or thing, in grammar |
Jonesin |
05 Jan 2021 |
| Verb go-with |
Premier Sunday |
27 Dec 2020 |
| Person, place or thing |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Dec 2020 |
| Important part of a sentence |
Family Time |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Word for a thing |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Dec 2020 |
| Name, place, animal, or a thing |
|
|
| Feast or famine |
New York Times |
07 Nov 2020 |
| Kind of word |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Oct 2020 |
| Subject of a sentence, often |
USA Today |
16 Oct 2020 |
| Any thing |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Part of speech of 'verb,' ironically |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2020 |
| “Verb” is one, strangely |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Sep 2020 |
| Heads or tails |
Newsday |
28 Aug 2020 |
| Word that can usually be pluralized |
Newsday |
23 Aug 2020 |
| Verb preceder |
New York Times |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Part of speech after "the," often |
LA Times Daily |
03 Aug 2020 |
| Part of speech after 'the,' often |
The Washington Post |
03 Aug 2020 |
| Adjective target |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jul 2020 |
| Sentence subject, often |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2020 |
| Basic part of speech |
USA Today |
10 Jul 2020 |
| Follower of 'the,' often |
New York Times |
10 Jun 2020 |
| Proper ___ |
USA Today |
07 Jun 2020 |
| An adjective modifies one |
USA Today |
03 Jun 2020 |
| Word that’s an example of itself |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jun 2020 |
| Content word for person, place or thing |
Irish Times Simplex |
28 May 2020 |
| Part of speech |
Newsday |
05 Apr 2020 |
| Sentence subject, usually |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Apr 2020 |
| You name it |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2020 |
| Apples or oranges |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2020 |
| One may be common |
The Washington Post |
01 Mar 2020 |
| One may be common |
LA Times Daily |
01 Mar 2020 |
| Grammar, in grammar |
The Washington Post |
05 Feb 2020 |
| Grammar, in grammar |
LA Times Daily |
05 Feb 2020 |
| Word for a person or a place, in grammar |
|
|
| Part of speech of 'part' and 'speech' |
USA Today |
29 Dec 2019 |
| What you may call it |
|
|
| What you may call it |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2019 |
| Name, place, animal or thing, e.g. |
|
|
| Pluralizable word |
Premier Sunday |
22 Dec 2019 |
| What an adjective modifies |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Dec 2019 |
| Person, place or thing |
Premier Sunday |
15 Dec 2019 |
| It may be proper, common or collective in grammar books |
|
|
| Day or night |
Newsday |
12 Dec 2019 |
| Person, place or thing |
|
|
| Part of speech |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Dec 2019 |
| Any thing, say |
LA Times Daily |
03 Dec 2019 |
| Grammatical subject |
Jonesin |
03 Dec 2019 |
| Any thing, say |
The Washington Post |
03 Dec 2019 |
| Sister to hold over something in speech? |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Dec 2019 |
| Mad Libs prompt |
|
|
| Mad Libs prompt |
New York Times |
26 Nov 2019 |
| Common subject of an English paper? |
The Washington Post Sunday |
24 Nov 2019 |
| Proper ___ |
Universal |
20 Nov 2019 |
| Naming word |
The Times Concise |
02 Nov 2019 |
| It's always something |
New York Times |
20 Oct 2019 |
| It's always something |
|
|
| One might be proper |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Oct 2019 |
| It may be proper or common |
|
|
| Parsing choice |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Sep 2019 |
| Sentence VIP |
Family Time |
09 Sep 2019 |
| Something possibly common in journo, unfortunately |
|
|
| ''Common'' part of speech |
Newsday |
21 Aug 2019 |
| Name or place, in grammar |
|
|
| Adjective follower |
Universal |
04 Aug 2019 |
| "Subject" or "object," at times |
Universal |
13 Jul 2019 |
| What an adjective modifies |
Newsday |
10 Jul 2019 |
| Rock, paper or scissors |
Universal |
23 Jun 2019 |
| Person, place or thing |
Newsday |
10 Jun 2019 |
| Name, place, animal or thing |
|
|
| Person or thing, e.g |
USA Today |
11 May 2019 |
| Word that can be common or proper |
|
|
| It may be proper, collective or common |
|
|
| Never a French grammatical term |
|
|
| Part of speech advocating abolition of New York body |
|
|
| Grammar part that may be proper or common |
|
|
| Name for a name, in Grammar |
|
|
| When it's proper it's capitalized |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Mar 2019 |
| An adjective may modify one |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Mar 2019 |
| Part of speech from woman in order to secure Oscar |
|
|
| n., in a dictionary |
Universal |
19 Feb 2019 |
| Name of a thing, grammatically |
|
|
| What you may call it? |
New York Times |
07 Feb 2019 |
| Person or a place, grammatically |
|
|
| It might not be proper |
The Washington Post |
18 Jan 2019 |
| It might not be proper |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jan 2019 |
| Adjective follower |
|
|
| Rock, paper or scissors |
|
|
| n., in a dictionary |
|
|
| What you may call it? |
|
|
| When it's proper it's capitalized |
|
|
| Sentence subject, usually |
|
|
| Proper or common thing |
|
|
| Parsing choice |
|
|
| One might be proper |
|
|
| An adjective may modify one |
|
|
| Adjective target |
|
|
| It might not be proper |
|
|
| "Subject" or "object," at times |
|
|
| Person or thing, e.g. |
|
|
| Sentence subject, often |
|
|
| Rhyme or reason, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
16 Dec 2018 |
| Part of speech which may be common or proper |
|
|
| Common or proper word |
USA Today |
02 Dec 2018 |
| Word no peacekeepers needed |
|
|
| Boom or bust, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
11 Nov 2018 |
| ''Tea'' or ''coffee'' |
Newsday |
08 Nov 2018 |
| Car, truck or bike |
LA Times Daily |
28 Oct 2018 |
| Car, truck or bike |
The Washington Post |
28 Oct 2018 |
| Sentence part |
Universal |
26 Oct 2018 |
| Gerund, e.g |
USA Today |
12 Oct 2018 |
| It may be proper |
LA Times Daily |
11 Oct 2018 |
| It may be proper |
The Washington Post |
11 Oct 2018 |
| Grammar, grammatically, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2018 |
| Grammar, grammatically, e.g |
The Washington Post |
24 Sep 2018 |
| Cash or credit, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
23 Sep 2018 |
| Cash or credit, e.g |
The Washington Post |
23 Sep 2018 |
| Person, grammatically |
USA Today |
05 Sep 2018 |
| Something drawn when landing on a yellow square in Pictionary |
New York Times |
09 Aug 2018 |
| Soup or salad |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jul 2018 |
| Soup or salad |
The Washington Post |
04 Jul 2018 |
| Soup or salad, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
01 Jul 2018 |
| Content word for person, place, thing etc |
Irish Times Simplex |
30 Jun 2018 |
| Sister admits nothing? That could be proper |
|
|
| Gerund, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
30 May 2018 |
| Person, place or thing |
New York Times |
14 May 2018 |
| Subject or direct object, e.g |
USA Today |
08 May 2018 |
| Word for a thing |
Newsday |
26 Apr 2018 |
| Pluralizable thing |
New York Times |
11 Apr 2018 |
| 'Interjection' or 'conjunction' |
USA Today |
06 Apr 2018 |
| Gerund, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
01 Apr 2018 |
| Name, place, animal or thing |
|
|
| Truth or consequences, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
03 Feb 2018 |
| Truth or consequences, e.g |
The Washington Post |
03 Feb 2018 |
| What an adjective modifies |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2018 |
| What an adjective modifies |
|
|
| Grammar, grammatically, e.g. |
|
|
| Common or proper word |
|
|
| Gerund, e.g. |
|
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| Car, truck or bike |
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| Subject or direct object, e.g. |
|
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| It may be proper |
|
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| Sentence part |
|
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| Gerund, e.g. |
|
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| Person, grammatically |
|
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| Cash or credit, e.g. |
|
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| Person, place or thing |
|
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| Pluralizable thing |
|
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| Something drawn when landing on a yellow square in Pictionary |
|
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| Soup or salad |
|
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| Truth or consequences, e.g. |
|
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| Sentence structure element |
LA Times Daily |
20 Dec 2017 |
| Sentence structure element |
The Washington Post |
20 Dec 2017 |
| This answer, for one |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Nov 2017 |
| Subject, usually |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Nov 2017 |
| Verb or adjective, say, as part of speech |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Nov 2017 |
| Certain part of speech |
Premier Sunday |
29 Oct 2017 |
| Sentence subject, usually |
LA Times Daily |
10 Oct 2017 |
| Sentence subject, usually |
The Washington Post |
10 Oct 2017 |
| Name, place, animal or thing |
|
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| Double or nothing, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Sep 2017 |
| The subject of a sentence, as a rule |
|
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| Sister hides ring that's substantive |
|
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| Part of speech showing lack of global organisation |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Jun 2017 |
| Name, place, animal or thing |
|
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| Direct object, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
21 May 2017 |
| Nothing, for instance |
Newsday |
07 May 2017 |
| I of "I am here," e.g |
Universal |
19 Apr 2017 |
| Part of speech a name would belong to |
|
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| Part of speech |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Mar 2017 |
| Grammar class subject |
Universal |
22 Feb 2017 |
| Part of a sentence |
Family Time |
20 Feb 2017 |
| Sentence subject, as a rule |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jan 2017 |
| Part of a sentence |
Universal |
03 Jan 2017 |
| I of "I am here," e.g. |
|
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| Part of a sentence |
|
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| Sentence subject, as a rule |
|
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| Sentence subject, usually |
|
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| Sentence structure element |
|
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| Grammar class subject |
|
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| Grammatical substantive |
Newsday |
15 Dec 2016 |
| Person, place or thing |
Canadiana |
21 Nov 2016 |
| Word classification |
Canadiana |
14 Nov 2016 |
| Heads or tails, e.g |
Family Time |
24 Oct 2016 |
| Proper or common word |
USA Today |
09 Oct 2016 |
| It can be proper or common |
The Washington Post |
04 Oct 2016 |
| It may be proper in a sentence |
Universal |
01 Oct 2016 |
| Sentence necessity |
Universal |
15 Jul 2016 |
| "Common" or "proper" word |
USA Today |
13 Jul 2016 |
| Object of a preposition, generally |
Wall Street Journal |
24 May 2016 |
| Word of love harboured by religious woman |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 May 2016 |
| Person, place or thing |
Universal |
06 May 2016 |
| Direct object, e.g |
Universal |
26 Apr 2016 |
| Preposition's object, usually |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Apr 2016 |
| Part of speech |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Mar 2016 |
| Object of a preposition, usually |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Mar 2016 |
| Sentence subject, usually |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Feb 2016 |
| Word that's an example of itself |
The Washington Post |
21 Feb 2016 |
| Word is out that sister is touring |
|
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| One may be proper and concrete |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
29 Jan 2016 |
| "Common" or "proper" word |
|
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| It may be proper in a sentence |
|
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| Truth or dare, e.g. |
|
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| One may be proper and concrete |
|
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| Proper or common word |
|
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| Sentence necessity |
|
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| It can be collective or common |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
04 Dec 2015 |
| Rock, paper or scissors |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2015 |
| Word that can be common |
New York Times |
31 Oct 2015 |
| ''All'' or ''nothing'' |
Newsday |
11 Oct 2015 |
| Follower of 'a' or 'the,' often |
New York Times |
14 Sep 2015 |
| Sometimes it's proper |
Universal |
14 Aug 2015 |
| Doohickey or whatchamacallit, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
05 Aug 2015 |
| It may be proper |
Universal |
28 Jul 2015 |
| Direct object, generally |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jul 2015 |
| What 'n.' means in a dictionary |
New York Times |
22 Jun 2015 |
| King or queen, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jun 2015 |
| An example of itself |
New York Times |
31 May 2015 |
| One might appear next to an article |
New York Times |
03 May 2015 |
| Sentence part |
Family Time |
03 May 2015 |
| Any thing |
LA Times Daily |
18 Mar 2015 |
| Subject matter? |
Universal |
12 Mar 2015 |
| Word class |
Canadiana |
23 Feb 2015 |
| Subject matter? |
|
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| Direct object, generally |
|
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| It can be collective or common |
|
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| Sometimes it's proper |
|
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| Schoolhouse Rock "A ___ Is a Person, Place or Thing" |
|
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| "Brave as a ___" Andrew Jackson Jihad |
|
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| "Brave As a ___" Andrew Jackson Jihad |
|
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| Word that can be common |
|
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| What "n." means in a dictionary |
|
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| Rock, paper or scissors |
|
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| One might appear next to an article |
|
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| Follower of "a" or "the," often |
|
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| An example of itself |
|
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| "Schoolhouse Rock!" song subject |
|
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| "All" or "nothing" |
|
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| Person, place, or thing |
|
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| It may be proper |
|
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| Any thing |
|
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| Doohickey or whatchamacallit, e.g. |
|
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| King or queen, e.g. |
|
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| Schoolhouse Rock song subject |
|
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| Trick or treat, e.g. |
|
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| Adjective accompanier |
|
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| What an article may refer to |
|
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| What a thing is |
|
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| Soup or salad, grammatically |
|
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| War or peace, say |
|
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| Person, place or thing |
|
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| Part of speech |
|
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| Person, place or thing |
|
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| A follower? |
|
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| Verb, for one |
|
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| Common or proper word |
|
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| Verb subject |
|
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| Coffee, tea, or milk |
|
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| Mad Libs label |
|
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| Ball or strike, e.g. |
|
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| Grammarian's concern |
|
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| Verb or adjective, e.g. |
|
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| Sentence subject, as a rule |
|
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| Person in a sentence, say |
|
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| Pluralizable word |
|
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| Basic part of speech |
|
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| Person in a sentence, say |
|
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| You name it |
|
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| It's often modified |
|
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| Proper word, at times |
|
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| "Common" word |
|
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| Lock, stock, or barrel |
|
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| Roulette, for one |
|
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| Whatchamacallit? |
|
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| Grammar class subject |
|
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| Schoolhouse Rock "A ___ is a Person, Place, or Thing" |
|
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| It may be abstract or concrete |
|
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| Person or thing |
|
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| Part of a sentence |
|
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| Common thing in a sentence |
|
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| What Andrew Jackson Jihad is "Brave As" |
|
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| Bill or gates, e.g. |
|
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| Trick or treat, e.g. |
|
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| Mad Libs specification |
|
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| Subject, usually |
|
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| Soup or salad |
|
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| Any thing |
|
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| Adjective follower |
|
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| Bill or gates, e.g. |
|
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| Grammar class subject |
|
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| It may be abstract or concrete |
|
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| Sentence subject, usually |
|
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| It can be proper or common |
|
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| Term in a grammar textbook |
|
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| Sentence element |
|
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| Subject of a sentence, typically |
|
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| Subject of a sentence, typically |
|
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| Thing in grammar class |
|
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| Word that is an example of itself |
|
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| "Mad Libs" request |
|
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| Basic speech part |
|
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| Grammar subject |
|
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| Person, place or thing |
|
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| Verb go-with |
|
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| Person, place, or thing |
|
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| Bell, book, or candle |
|
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| Sink or swim, perhaps |
|
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| Sink or swim, perhaps |
|
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| Common thing in a sentence? |
|
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| Animal, vegetable or mineral |
|
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| Proper -- |
|
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| Pen or pencil, e.g. |
|
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| Sink or swim, e.g. |
|
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| What an adjective modifies |
|
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| Morning or evening, e.g. |
|
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| It may be proper |
|
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| Animal, vegetable or mineral |
|
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| Morning or evening, e.g. |
|
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| Person or thing |
|
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| Pen or pencil, e.g. |
|
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| Proper word |
|
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| Proper thing? |
|
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| Subject, usually |
|
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| Gerund, for example |
|
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| Speech part |
|
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| What every thing is |
|
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| Subject of a sentence |
|
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| Verb go-with |
|
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| Pencil, pen, or quill |
|
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| Animal, vegetable, or mineral |
|
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| Heads or tails, e.g. |
|
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| Basic speech part |
|
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| It may be proper |
|
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| "Adjective" or "adverb," e.g. |
|
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| Pencil, pen, or quill |
|
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| Heads or tails, e.g. |
|
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| It may be proper |
|
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| Word that can be pluralized |
|
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| It may be declined |
|
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| Lions or tigers or bears |
|
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| Tiger or woods, e.g. |
|
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| Verb go-with |
|
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| Cat, dog, boy or fish, e.g. |
|
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| Person, place or thing |
|
|
| This answer is one |
|
|
| Adjective follower, often |
|
|
| "Heads" or "tails," e.g. |
|
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| Person, place or thing |
|
|
| Lions or tigers or bears |
|
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| Adjective follower |
|
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| You name it |
|
|
| Sentence part |
|
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| Truth or consequences |
|
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| Object, e.g. |
|
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| Sentence part |
|
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| Verb accompanier |
|
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| It may be common |
|
|
| "Verb" or "adjective" |
|
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| Verb, for one |
|
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| It's not always proper |
|
|
| What an adjective modifies |
|
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| It's common in grammar class |
|
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| Adjective or adverb, e.g. |
|
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| Parser's concern |
|
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| Common subject in English class |
|
|
| It may exhibit gender |
|
|
| Any boy or girl could be one |
|
|
| Thing, in English class |
|
|
| Adjective follower, often |
|
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| Sentence part |
|
|
| Truth or consequences |
|
|
| Adjective follower |
|
|
| Trick or treat, for example |
|
|
| Proper name, for example |
|
|
| Part of speech |
|
|
| It may be subject to modification |
|
|
| "Soup" or "salad" |
|
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| Subject of a sentence, often |
|
|
| Judge, at times |
|
|
| Lion or tiger or bear, e.g. |
|
|
| Gerund, e.g. |
|
|
| Person in an English class? |
|
|
| Feast or famine |
|
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| Judge, at times |
|
|
| It can be common in grammar class |
|
|
| Grammar class topic |
|
|
| Feast or famine |
|
|
| It can be common in grammar class |
|
|
| "Verb," e.g. |
|
|
| It may be proper |
|
|
| Gerund, e.g. |
|
|
| A name is one |
|
|
| "Cat" or "dog" |
|
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| Subject, usually |
|
|
| Something in writing? |
|
|
| Word that's an example of itself |
|
|
| Subject, usually |
|
|
| Person, place or thing, in grammar |
|
|
| "Tiger" or "dragon," e.g. |
|
|
| One is often followed by a verb |
|
|
| Parser's part |
|
|
| Sentence subject, often |
|
|
| Word that's an example of itself |
|
|
| Common subject? |
|
|
| Something in writing? |
|
|
| Article follower, often |
|
|
| Man or mouse, e.g. |
|
|
| What a thing is |
|
|
| It might be proper |
|
|
| Part of speech |
|
|
| Parsing choice |
|
|
| "Proper" thing in English class |
|
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| Mouse or squirrel |
|
|
| Person or thing |
|
|
| "Proper" thing in English class |
|
|
| Paper or plastic, e.g. |
|
|
| Proper ___ |
|
|
| Verb preceder, usually |
|
|
| Subject, usually |
|
|
| Person, place or thing, in grammar |
|
|
| Paper or plastic, e.g. |
|
|
| A type of one ends 17-, 37- and 62-Across |
|
|
| Adjective follower, often |
|
|
| It can be proper or common |
|
|
| Part of speech |
|
|
| Lion or tiger or bear, e.g. |
|
|
| Mad Libs request |
|
|
| Word that's an example of itself |
|
|
| Common subject in English class |
|
|
| Paper or plastic, e.g. |
|
|
| Rock, scissors, or paper |
|
|
| Thing, e.g. |
|
|
| It can be proper |
|
|
| It's often proper |
|
|
| Verb preceder |
|
|
| Common subject in English class |
|
|
| A type of one ends 17-, 37- and 62-Across |
|
|
| It may be subject to modification |
|
|
| It may be proper |
|
|
| Subject word |
|
|
| Important part of the subject? |
|
|
| Subject or object |
|
|
| Parser's part |
|
|
| It may be modified |
|
|
| Life or death, e.g. |
|
|
| Friend or foe, e.g. |
|
|
| Subject, often |
|
|
| "Sailor" or "saint" |
|
|
| Mad Libs fill-in |
|
|
| Friend or foe, e.g. |
|
|
| Win, place, or show |
|
|
| Cat or dog, for example |
|
|
| "Clergy" is a collective one |
|
|
| It may be common |
|
|
| Hook, line or sinker |
|
|
| Self-identifying word |
|
|
| Verb preceder |
|
|
| Thing in grammar class |
|
|
| It may be common |
|
|
| Sentence element |
|
|
| Verb subject |
|
|
| It can be proper |
|
|
| It's subject to modification |
|
|
| Proper word, at times |
|
|
| What every thing is |
|
|
| Person, place, or thing |
|
|
| Collective or common thing |
|
|
| Sentence element |
|
|
| It may be common |
|
|
| It can be proper |
|
|
| Common word? |
|
|
| English 101 topic |
|
|
| Any thing |
|
|
| "Truth" or "consequences," e.g. |
|
|
| Subject word |
|
|
| Subject, usually |
|
|
| Lion or tiger or bear |
|
|
| Proper name, say |
|
|
| "Clergy" is a collective one |
|
|
| Word before a verb, maybe |
|
|
| Substantive |
|
|
| What an adjective modifies |
|
|
| "Verb," for one |
|
|
| "Common" thing |
|
|
| It may be abstract |
|
|
| It's not always proper |
|
|
| "Clergy" is a collective one |
|
|
| Proper name, say |
|
|
| Subject matter |
|
|
| It may be common |
|
|
| It might be proper |
|
|
| Person, place, or thing |
|
|
| Part of speech |
|
|
| Common thing? |
|
|
| Subject matter? |
|
|
| Sentence subject, usually |
|
|
| It may be subject to modification |
|
|
| Mad Libs category |
|
|
| Part of speech |
|
|
| Person or place or thing |
|
|
| Gerund, e.g. |
|
|
| Cat or dog, e.g. |
|
|
| Something in writing? |
|
|
| What "-ence" forms |
|
|
| It could be proper |
|
|
| Speech part |
|
|
| Word that is an example of itself |
|
|
| Verb, for one |
|
|
| Proper word? |
|
|
| Sentence subject, often |
|
|
| Person, place, or thing |
|
|
| "Trick" or "treat", perhaps |
|
|
| Verb, for example |
|
|
| "Person," "place" or "thing," e.g. |
|
|
| Subject of a sentence |
|
|
| Coffee or tea, e.g. |
|
|
| It can represent a person or a state |
|
|
| Sentence's subject, often |
|
|
| Sometimes it's proper, sometimes it's not |
|
|
| Word that's an example of itself |
|
|
| "Balkanization," "Parliamentarian," or "Clintonista" |
|
|
| Common thing |
|
|
| Sentence subject, often |
|
|
| One may be proper |
|
|
| Common thing in a sentence? |
|
|
| Person place or thing grammatically |
|
|
| Verb preceder, at times |
|
|
| It can represent a person or a place |
|
|
| Sentence subject |
|
|
| Person place or thing |
|
|
| Basic speech part |
|
|
| Coffee or tea e.g. |
|
|
| Person, place or thing |
|
|
| Verb's subject |
|
|
| Sentence necessity |
|
|
| Proper name |
|
|
| Sentence starter |
|
|
| Verb, for example |
|
|
| You name it |
|
|
| It may be collective or common |
|
|
| Person, place, or thing, in grammar |
|
|
| What "-ence" forms |
|
|
| It may be common or proper |
|
|
| Table or chair e.g. |
|
|
| "Fish" or "fowl" |
|
|
| Sentence's subject, often |
|
|
| Friend or foe, e.g. |
|
|
| It may be common |
|
|
| Piano or drum |
|
|
| Possible subject |
|
|
| Sentence subject |
|
|
| Name word |
|
|
| 61-Across, for example |
|
|
| Common thing? |
|
|
| Word ending in "o" in Esperanto |
|
|
| Proper choice |
|
|
| Barn or silo, for example |
|
|
| It stands for something |
|
|
| Praser's concern |
|
|
| Subject usually |
|
|
| Sentence subject |
|
|
| Example, for example |
|
|
| Common or proper word |
|
|
| Part of speech |
|
|
| Grammatical subject |
|
|
| Speech part |
|
|
| Speech or part of speech |
|
|
| Substantive |
|
|
| It is sometimes proper |
|
|
| Parsing word |
|
|
| Cat or mouse, e.g. |
|
|
| This may be a subject |
|
|
| Mad Libs choice |
|
|
| This may be proper |
|
|
| Grammar item |
|
|
| Verb's object, usually |
|
|
| "America" is a proper one |
|
|
| Word that may be parsed |
|
|
| Midnight or dawn, e.g. |
|
|
| Proper word, at times |
|
|
| Proper word, sometimes |
|
|
| Part of speech |
|
|
| Noon is one |
|
|
| Word sometimes in apposition |
|
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| It's common or proper |
|
|
| Spring, sometimes |
|
|
| It may be collective |
|
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| Subject, often |
|
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| Certain word |
|
|
| It may be common or proper |
|
|
| Common or proper |
|
|
| Grammatical component |
|
|
| Component of a subject |
|
|
| Proper or common word |
|
|
| Word form |
|
|
| Proper or improper word |
|
|
| Part of a sentence. |
|
|
| It's proper or common. |
|
|
| Subject, usually |
|
|
| Proper word |
|
|
| Gerund, always |
|
|
| First word, perhaps |
|
|
| Fight or flight, e.g. |
|
|
| House or home. |
|
|
| Term in grammar. |
|
|
| Hollywood or bust, e.g. |
|
|
| Common or proper ___. |
|
|
| 1 Across, for one. |
|
|
| It's common or proper. |
|
|
| Any of a class of words. |
|
|
| Type of word. |
|
|
| Gerund. |
|
|
| Sentence component. |
|
|
| Collective word. |
|
|
| Proper ___. |
|
|
| Word of a kind. |
|
|
| 54 Down, for one. |
|
|
| Part of speech. |
|
|
| Grammatical term. |
|
|
| Parsing word. |
|
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| Word. |
|
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| Substantive. |
|
|
| Grammatical thing. |
|
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| Subject of a sentence. |
|
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| Place or thing. |
|
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| Street, for instance. |
|
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