Word "ROOTS" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage
Examples:
his roots in Texas go back a long way
he went back to Sweden to search for his roots
his music has African roots

Crossword Clues for ROOTS

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Family origins (5) Mirror Classic 20 Aug 2025
Searches about (5)
The ___ (Questlove's band)
They establish a radical system for reshaping the torso (5)
Underground parts of a plant The Times Specialist 23 Jun 2025
Groundbreaking 1978 mini-series that traced Alex Haley's family history
Origins (5) Puzzler 15 Jun 2025
Origins of rot so damaging (5) Mirror Cryptic 05 Jun 2025
Heritage Newsday 05 Jun 2025
Plant parts (5) Mirror Quick 05 Jun 2025
1976 Alex Haley novel subtitled The Saga of an American Family Mirror Quiz 06 May 2025
Tree supports Universal 27 Apr 2025
Levi___, musician who invented Reggae Reggae Sauce (5)
Fodder for herbivores: tons consumed by marsupials The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Mar 2025
Ancestry Commuter 28 Mar 2025
Beets and daikon USA Today 12 Mar 2025
Plant's anchors Commuter 28 Feb 2025
Sources of flipping dust in Dunoon (5)
Origins are found back in the impasto orchid painting (5)
Beginnings of twisted torso (5) Puzzler Cryptic 22 Feb 2025
Botanical origins? (5)
Pulitzer-winning 1976 book
Sort out and hide old origins (5)
The parts of a plant that support it in the ground and draw nourishment from the soil (5)
Target of a touch-up dye job USA Today 03 Feb 2025
Cheers (for) New York Times 28 Jan 2025
Plant's anchors Commuter 15 Jan 2025
Family history, ancestry (5)
Embedded part of hairs (5)
A plant's anchors in the soil
1976 novel by American author Alex Haley featuring the character Kunta Kinte (5)
Foundations (of a tree) (5) Puzzler 08 Dec 2024
Tree's underground parts Newsday 25 Nov 2024
Underground plant parts Commuter 20 Nov 2024
Drama by Arnold Wesker (5)
They grow down from the torso (5)
Put down ___ (settle permanently) Universal 01 Nov 2024
Really old oak trees survive principally on these The Sun Two Speed 29 Oct 2024
Ancestry The Sun Two Speed 29 Oct 2024
Slavery saga
They're depicted in a family tree Universal 25 Oct 2024
1976 Alex Haley novel subtitled The Saga of an American Family Mirror Quiz 25 Oct 2024
Tree part Thomas Joseph 25 Oct 2024
Underground plant networks
Jamaican-British businessman and celebrity chef, Levi _ (5)
Speak of ways to find sources (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 05 Oct 2024
Speak of ways to find sources (5) The Guardian Quick 05 Oct 2024
One's background, ancestry (5)
Haley TV miniseries
Ports of trees or hair
Parts of trees or hair USA Today 18 Sep 2024
Foundations (of a tree) Puzzler Backwords 01 Sep 2024
Origin New York Times 31 Aug 2024
They're in the land where one was born and raised (5)
Beginnings of twisted torso (5) Puzzler Cryptic 10 Aug 2024
Tree's anchors (5)
Foundations (of a tree) (5) Puzzler 20 Jul 2024
Tree's supports Universal 04 Jul 2024
1976 Alex Haley novel USA Today 27 Jun 2024
Heard satnav directions perhaps in background The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Jun 2024
1977 miniseries in which Lou Gossett Jr. played Fiddler
Dickie ....., 1974-76 Scunthorpe boss (5)
Torso (anag)
Kunta Kinte was a character in which TV series? (5)
Organs of oaks
Kunta Kinte's (Alex Haley's) story (5)
Origins of marsupial on way back (5) Puzzler Cryptic 18 May 2024
Ancestry Newsday 17 May 2024
1976 best-seller that opens in The Gambia
Lower parts of teeth
Origins USA Today 07 May 2024
Ethan _, New Zealandborn rugby union player who represents England at international level (5)
Family ancestry Mirror Classic 08 Apr 2024
Book by Alex Haley which tells the story of the slave Kunta Kinte (5)
.... Hall, home ground of Southend United (5)
Plant parts that grow downward
Plant parts; torso (anag.) (5)
Origins of torso? (5)
England and Exeter Chiefs flanker (5)
Origins in courses, reportedly (5)
Searches under ground? (5)
1959 play by Arnold Wesker (5)
Ancestry, family origins (5)
England's Kiwi Six Nations squad newcomer (5)
Origins LA Times Daily 21 Jan 2024
1970s miniseries about slavery (5)
Searches for information about one's ancestry (5)
Levi ___, creator of Reggae Reggae Sauce (5)
Underground tree parts
__ for; cheers on Commuter 03 Jan 2024
Takes hold LA Times Daily 03 Jan 2024
Book and TV saga by Alex Haley Puzzler Backwords 03 Jan 2024
Origins The Guardian Quick 01 Jan 2024
Part of a plant below the soil (5)
Tree's underground growths Newsday 26 Dec 2023
Classic miniseries with the characters Kunta Kinte and Chicken George
TV miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel (5)
A tree's anchors (5)
Elm's extenders into the earth...
They get down and dirty New York Times 02 Dec 2023
The ___, in-house hip hop band on "The Tonight Show"
Personal ancestry, metaphorically
Ancestors tense wearing little jumpers The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Nov 2023
Alex Haley work Thomas Joseph 18 Nov 2023
Origins, heritage The Times Concise 28 Oct 2023
Alex Haley book Thomas Joseph 01 Sep 2023
Underground network for plants The Guardian Quick 28 Jun 2023
Origins Newsday 14 May 2023
Origins Universal 11 Mar 2023
Turnips and ginger, for example USA Today 01 Mar 2023
Seeds -- and what they might produce? The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Dec 2022
Origins; Alex Haley novel The Telegraph Quick 28 Nov 2022
Cheers (for) New York Times 31 Oct 2022
Underground parts of a tree Newsday 24 Oct 2022
Miniseries based on a Haley novel LA Times Daily 21 Oct 2022
Carrots and daikon USA Today 09 Oct 2022
Below-ground plant parts Newsday 28 Sep 2022
Underground nutrition networks for plants
Origins The Times Concise 27 Apr 2022
They may be square or cube Universal 30 Mar 2022
Alex Haley book Thomas Joseph 18 Mar 2022
Ancestry LA Times Daily 13 Mar 2022
Ancestry The Washington Post 13 Mar 2022
Radish and rutabaga, for two
Underground plant networks
Origins The Times Concise 04 Jan 2022
Dyeing targets for some LA Times Daily 22 Dec 2021
Parts of trees and teeth Wall Street Journal 15 Nov 2021
Origins The Times Concise 21 Oct 2021
Something one may be dying to hide? The Washington Post 07 Oct 2021
Something one may be dying to hide? LA Times Daily 07 Oct 2021
Emmy-winning 1977 miniseries Wall Street Journal 20 Sep 2021
Family origins The Telegraph Quick 13 Sep 2021
Underground network LA Times Daily 10 Sep 2021
Underground network The Washington Post 10 Sep 2021
Turnips, say LA Times Daily 03 Sep 2021
Turnips, say The Washington Post 03 Sep 2021
Origins The Telegraph Quick 01 Sep 2021
Ancestry USA Today 23 Aug 2021
Tree or plant anchors
Alex Haley book Eugene Sheffer 30 Jul 2021
Bits of ginger hair revealing true colour
Hair bases Premier Sunday 18 Jul 2021
Being synonymous with underground network, I'd be tearing my hair out to get at them Irish Times Crosaire 15 Jul 2021
Heritage New York Times 09 Jul 2021
Parts of palms The Washington Post Sunday 13 Jun 2021
Parts of teeth or hairs Universal 18 May 2021
Below-ground plant parts Newsday 19 Apr 2021
Ancestry New York Times 16 Mar 2021
Heritage Newsday 05 Feb 2021
Rubbish about old soprano's origins
Turnips and parsnips The Washington Post 10 Jan 2021
Turnips and parsnips LA Times Daily 10 Jan 2021
American historical drama miniseries based on Alex Haley's novel of the same name
Play by Arnold Wesker The Telegraph General Knowledge 02 Nov 2020
Australian animal on street picked up germs The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Oct 2020
Miniseries of 1977 and 2016 Universal 06 Oct 2020
Ferret's origins
Tree anchors USA Today 28 Jun 2020
Botanical anchors Newsday 14 Jun 2020
Underground plant parts
Underground plant parts Irish Times Simplex 21 Apr 2020
Hair parts Family Time 20 Apr 2020
Right topples Left, plunders bases
1970s bestseller subtitled “The Saga of an American Family” Wall Street Journal 06 Feb 2020
Test batsman, opener from Somerset, becomes established
Plant anchors The Washington Post 06 Jan 2020
Plant anchors LA Times Daily 06 Jan 2020
Hereditary background New York Times 30 Dec 2019
Hereditary background
What settlers put down Newsday 28 Nov 2019
Test batsman, opener from Sheffield, gets set
Origins The Washington Post 18 Aug 2019
Origins LA Times Daily 18 Aug 2019
Really old oak trees survive principally — on these
''The Saga of an American Family'' Newsday 03 Aug 2019
Alex Haley book Eugene Sheffer 03 Aug 2019
Off the top of my head, they're embedded in the plot Irish Times Crosaire 25 Jul 2019
Origins The Telegraph Quick 10 Jul 2019
Courses reported? They go underground The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Jul 2019
Beginnings, origins Irish Times Simplex 25 Jun 2019
Alex Haley book Thomas Joseph 06 Jun 2019
Genealogist's find USA Today 11 May 2019
Miniseries based on a Haley novel LA Times Daily 18 Apr 2019
Miniseries based on a Haley novel The Washington Post 18 Apr 2019
Origins of jumper at back-street
Alex Haley epic New York Times 26 Mar 2019
Miniseries based on a Haley novel
Origins
Alex Haley epic
Genealogist's find
Saga featuring Kunta Kinte USA Today 09 Dec 2018
Heritage roads announced
Origins The Times Concise 12 Nov 2018
Plant features Universal 06 Oct 2018
Firmly establishes ancestry
Origins of automatons not British
Underground tree supporters
Miniseries of 1977 and 2016 Wall Street Journal 02 May 2018
Underground parts of trees
Alex Haley bestseller Wall Street Journal 09 Apr 2018
Azalea anchors Newsday 04 Mar 2018
Haley's classic work Universal 23 Feb 2018
Concern of 17-, 27-, 48- and 64-Across USA Today 21 Feb 2018
Beginnings of twisted torso The Sun Two Speed 11 Feb 2018
Beginnings The Sun Two Speed 11 Feb 2018
'The Tonight Show' house band, with 'The' Jonesin 06 Feb 2018
Parsnip and rutabaga USA Today 04 Feb 2018
Parsnip and rutabaga
Saga featuring Kunta Kinte
Concern of 17-, 27-, 48- and 64-Across
Haley's classic work
Miniseries of 1977 and 2016
Alex Haley bestseller
Plant features
Sources of oxygen in balls: sun
Things teeth and hair have New York Times 26 Sep 2017
Character of Milne and Eliot family The Telegraph Toughie 26 Sep 2017
They may reveal one's true colors Wall Street Journal 30 Aug 2017
Plant parts Universal 12 Aug 2017
Genealogy Universal 07 Aug 2017
Genealogy The Guardian Speedy 05 Aug 2017
Tree's support system New York Times 31 Jul 2017
Sources for ethnic music in TV series
Ash's anchor Newsday 23 Jun 2017
Limited Series Emmy winner of 1977 Wall Street Journal 17 Jun 2017
Items dyed at salons USA Today 17 Apr 2017
Underground growths The Telegraph Quick 24 Feb 2017
Writing is overly revolutionary for school in Fatherland Irish Times Crosaire 15 Feb 2017
2   Origins of deterioration found around duck Shushi primarily
Family origins Universal 01 Jan 2017
Things teeth and hair have
Tree's support system
Family origins
Genealogy
Plant parts
Items dyed at salons
Alex Haley work Thomas Joseph 03 Dec 2016
Essentially, tooth decay's spread around by germs
Origins Canadiana 29 Aug 2016
Winner of nine Emmys in 1977 Wall Street Journal 25 Aug 2016
It isn't part of risotto from homeland Irish Times Crosaire 22 Aug 2016
Searches for origins
They may be dyed at salons The Washington Post 28 Jul 2016
Alex Haley blockbuster Universal 20 Jul 2016
Searches for origins
Things to put down Newsday 06 May 2016
Alex Haley's chronicle Universal 21 Mar 2016
Underground parts of plants Irish Times Simplex 17 Mar 2016
Plant parts USA Today 08 Mar 2016
Memorable TV miniseries USA Today 24 Feb 2016
Origins of announced courses
Alex Haley best-seller Universal 09 Feb 2016
Origins Universal 22 Jan 2016
Alex Haley novel Eugene Sheffer 19 Jan 2016
Alex Haley best-seller
Origins
Alex Haley blockbuster
Carrots and turnips LA Times Daily 07 Dec 2015
Alex Haley epic Universal 18 Nov 2015
Hair and tooth parts The Washington Post 18 Nov 2015
Reggae genre Wall Street Journal 13 Nov 2015
Original environment LA Times Daily 25 Oct 2015
Hometown ties USA Today 09 Oct 2015
Regular journeys -- according to report they go underground The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Oct 2015
Are these taken for acceptance?
Cheers LA Times Daily 14 Aug 2015
TV phenomenon of January 1977 Wall Street Journal 10 Aug 2015
Automatons get rid of second- class carrots?
Hearts USA Today 11 Jul 2015
Tree part Thomas Joseph 24 Jun 2015
Cheers revolutionary abandoning Trichinopoly products
Tree anchors LA Times Daily 14 Apr 2015
Kunta Kinte's story USA Today 06 Apr 2015
Underground plant parts The Times Concise 31 Mar 2015
Alex Haley classic USA Today 09 Feb 2015
Ancestry Newsday 04 Jan 2015
1976 bestseller
Parts that might be seen in parts
Alex Haley epic
Hair and tooth parts
Carrots and turnips
Ancestry
Original environment
Kunta Kinte's story
Hometown ties
Hearts
Alex Haley classic
Tree anchors
Reggae genre
Cheers
Tree anchors
Fundamental notes, like 4 and 8 of 64?
Sources also turned up in the centre of Warsaw
Ancestry
Underground anchors
Underground network
Carrots and turnips, basically
Chronicle of Kunta Kinte's kin
Fallon's house band, with "The"
Target of some touch-ups
Underground plant parts
Questlove's band, with "The"
Saga with Chicken George
TV event of January 1977
Natural life support system
Alex Haley opus
Top-rated TV miniseries of 1977
Alex Haley classic
Genealogical study
Genealogy
Digs like pigs
Origins
Shows team spirit
See 1-Down
Digs like pigs
Turnips and parsnips
___ reggae (genre)
Digs like a pig
They're put down
Underground plant supports
Below-ground plant parts
Underground network
Bleach-blonde betrayers
Family beginnings
Alex Haley saga
Alex Haley bestseller
Carrots and beets
Underground network
Gray location?
1976 best-seller that spanned three centuries
Anchors in the soil
Genealogist's discovery
Alex Haley saga
Alex Haley book
Lineage
Alex Haley opus
Anchors in the soil
Genealogist's discovery
1976 best-seller that spanned three centuries
Alex Haley miniseries
Cheers (for)
Lineage
Memorable miniseries
Genealogy
Memorable TV miniseries
Alex Haley saga
Best-seller subtitled "The Saga of an American Family"
Origins
Plant parts
Digs like pigs
1976 best seller that opens "four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia"
Best-seller subtitled "The Saga of an American Family"
They're put down
Haley novel
Legendary miniseries
Haley novel
Unseen parts
Alex Haley saga
Miniseries that won nine Emmys
Haley opus
Alex Haley opus
Chronicle of Kunta Kinte's kin
Alex Haley opus
Alex Haley best-seller
Alex Haley saga
Haley's chronicle
Underground growth
Haley opus
Ancestry
Top-rated TV series of 1977
Underground growths
Winner of nine Emmys in 1977
Tree anchors
Haley title
Ancestry
O.J. Simpson was in it
Tree anchors
Hometown ties
Cheers on (with "for")
"___: The Saga of an American Family"
Origins
Book and miniseries
Supports the team
Family origins
1976 best seller
Digs like pigs
Miniseries nominated for 37 Emmys
Cheers (for)
Alex Haley saga
Genealogy
Origin
Hearts
Alex Haley television miniseries
Carrots, e.g.
Carrots and turnips
They may be dyed
Hair pieces?
1976 bestseller
Pine anchors
They may be dyed
Hair pieces?
1976 bestseller
Alex Haley opus
TV event of 1977
Most-watched drama in TV history
Things often dyed
Underground supports
Alex Haley novel
Plant anchors
Below-the-soil plant parts
Haley work
Turnips, e.g.
Alex Haley bestseller
Some edible parts
Origins
Most-watched drama in TV history
Haley miniseries
Bleach blonde betrayers
Things often dyed
Underground supports
Haley best seller
Alex Haley book and miniseries
Alex Haley chronicle set to film
Beginnings
1976 best seller that starts in Gambia
Landmark miniseries
Haley classic
Historic '70s miniseries
Alex Haley novel
Alex Haley best seller
Sources
Origins
Beginnings
TV s 1977 special
Alex Haley bestseller
TV event of 1977
Kunta Kinte's story
Landmark miniseries
Haley opus
Haley miniseries
Haley epic
They may need coloring at a salon
Hair-dyeing job
Ferrets with out
TV event of January 1977
Heritage
Kunta Kinte's tale
Rummages (through)
Alex Haley work
70's TV drama
Haley TV classic
Haley book
Origins
TV classic of 1977
Alex Haley book
Grubs
Popular TV miniseries: 1977
Turnips, e.g.
Alex Haley novel
Beginnings
"The ___ of Heaven": R. Gary
Haley's blockbuster
Radishes, e.g.
Seeks truffles
One of TV's biggest hits
Haley opus
Ancestry
Alex Haley's search
Haley's best seller
Cheers
Cheers the team on
Sources
Grass and square
Rhizomes, etc.
Cheers for
Square and cube
Digs
Tubers.
Beginnings.
Alex Haley book in which he is a character in the last section
Pokes about.
Implants.
Sources.
Origins.
Cheers.
Elihu and others.
Elihu, George Frederick, etc.
Parts of words.
Cheers the team.
Cores.
Shouts for: Slang.
Pokes around in.
Radishes or radices.
Becomes fixed.
Grass ___.
Cheers (for).
Carrots.
Grass addenda.
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