Crossword-Solution: YAMENS
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| YAMENS | anagram | MEANYS, YESMAN |
We have 3 clues for the answer “YAMENS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Chinese government offices | 1 answer |
| Chinese offices | 1 answer |
| Mandarins' residences. | 1 answer |
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Form of quartz with coloured bands
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Hint 1 meaning
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting
various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged
in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
Hint 2 anagram
TAAEG
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with YAMENS (5)
Both sides are _squeezed_ by the gate-keeper --a very lucrative post in all yamens--before they are allowed to present their petitions.
Temples abound, and spacious yamens and rich buildings, the crowning edifice of all being the Temple to the God of Literature.
The mission premises are built on land which cost two hundred and ninety taels, and are well situated not far from the south gate, the chief yamens, the temples, and the French Mission.
Here, as in all yamens, the detached wall or fixed screen of stone facing the entrance is painted with the gigantic representation of a mythical monster in red trying to swallow the sun--the Chinese illustration of the French saying "_prendre la lune avec les dents_." It is the warning against covetousness, the exhortation against squeezing, and is as little likely to be attended to by the magistrate here as it would be by his brother in Chicago.
There is a fine City Temple which controls the spirits of the dead of the city as the yamens of the magistrates control the living of the city.
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Appears in: NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1964–2017).