Crossword-Solution: PIMPERNEL
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pimpernel | n. | A plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species (A. arvensis) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather. |
We have 10 clues for the answer “PIMPERNEL”
| Clue | Answers |
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| "Scarlet" literary hero | 1 answer |
| ANAGALLIS | 1 answer |
| Baroness Orczy's scarlet hero. | 1 answer |
| Its flowers close at the approach of bad weather | 1 answer |
| Leslie Howard's was scarlet | 1 answer |
| Plant of the primrose family | 1 answer |
| Scarlet flower. | 1 answer |
| Storied "scarlet" character | 1 answer |
| wild plant with small star-shaped flowers | 1 answer |
| Primrose relative – dashing hero | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who
is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor
of a candidate for office.
Hint 2 anagram
EOTRLEC
Hint 3 another clue
A BALLOT CAST BY A VOTER WHO VOTES FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES OF ONE PARTY
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Sentences with PIMPERNEL (5)
The paper always contained a brief notice that the band of meddlesome Englishmen were at work, and it was always signed with a device drawn in red—a little star-shaped flower, which we in England call the Scarlet Pimpernel.
There was a sum of five thousand francs promised to the man who laid hands on the mysterious and elusive Scarlet Pimpernel.
THE LEAGUE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL They all looked a merry, even a happy party, as they sat round the table; Sir Andrew Ffoulkes and Lord Antony Dewhurst, two typical good-looking, well-born and well-bred Englishmen of that year of grace 1792, and the aristocratic French comtesse with her two children, who had just escaped from such dire perils, and found a safe retreat at last on the shores of protecting England.
And I did not think of that before! But tell me where is he? I must go to him at once, and I and my children must throw ourselves at his feet, and thank him for all that he has done for us.” “Alas, Madame!” said Lord Antony, “that is impossible.” “Impossible?—Why?” “Because the Scarlet Pimpernel works in the dark, and his identity is only known under a solemn oath of secrecy to his immediate followers.” “The Scarlet Pimpernel?” said Suzanne, with a merry laugh.
Lud!” she added gaily, “the other day I ordered at my milliner’s a blue dress trimmed with green, and bless me, if she did not call that ‘à la Scarlet Pimpernel.’” Chauvelin had not moved while she prattled merrily along; he did not even attempt to stop her when her musical voice and her childlike laugh went echoing through the still evening air.
Quotes with PIMPERNEL (2)
I have so often been asked the question: "But how did you come to think of The Scarlet Pimpernel?" And my answer has always been: "It was God's will that I should." And to you moderns, who perhaps do not believe as I do, I will say, "In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny.
History was my favourite subject at school and in my spare time I read historical novels voraciously from Heidi to the Scarlet Pimpernel and from Georgette Heyer to Agatha Christie.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1951–2018).