Crossword-Solution: AEGIS 5 letters, 90 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 6

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Aegis n. A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the
shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a
protection.

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AEGIS anagram AGEIS, IGASE, SEGIA

We have 90 clues for the answer “AEGIS”

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Mythological shield 1 answer
Shield decorated with the head of a Gorgon 1 answer
Shield adorned with Medusa's head 1 answer
Protection, or the name of a shield carried by Zeus 1 answer
Protection, or Zeus's shield 1 answer
Protection, or Athena's shield 1 answer
Protection, from the Greek for "shield" or "goatskin" 1 answer
Name of Athena's shield 1 answer
Mythological word that can mean "backing" 1 answer
Shield for Zeus 1 answer
Mythical breastplate 1 answer
Mythical armor plate 1 answer
Minerva's shield. 1 answer
Kindly endorsement and guidance 1 answer
Kindly endorsement 1 answer
It's sometimes said to have come from the hide of the giant Pallas 1 answer
Clinton will not sell four ___ destroyers to Taiwan 1 answer
Sponsorship, Ancient Greek-ily 1 answer
(Under the) protection 1 answer
Zeus's shield 1 answer
Under the ___ of (sponsored by) 1 answer
Umbrella, so to speak 1 answer
Umbrella, in a manner of speaking 1 answer
UNDER sponsorship of 1 answer
The shield of Zeus. 1 answer
Symbol of Zeus and Athena. 1 answer
Mythologically-named U.S. ballistic missile defense system 1 answer
Shield wielded by Athena 1 answer
Shield or protection. 1 answer
Shield of classical mythology 1 answer
Shield of Zeus or Athena 1 answer
Shield of Greek myth 1 answer
Shield of Athena 1 answer
Shield for Zeus or Athena 1 answer
A protecting power. 1 answer
Breastplate of classical mythology 1 answer
Breastplate of Zeus or Athena 1 answer
Breastplate for Zeus or Athena 1 answer
Athena's "produced a sound as from a myriad roaring dragons," per the Iliad [Bob Klahn] 1 answer
Backing, or the name of Athena's shield 1 answer
Backing from a sponsor 1 answer
PROTECTIVE sponsorship 2 answers
Shield of Zeus 2 answers
Symbol of protection. 2 answers
Armor plate that protects the chest 2 answers
Athena's shield 2 answers
Under the sponsorship 2 answers
Zeus' shield 2 answers
Protecting power 2 answers
Mythical shield 2 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
EARA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with AEGIS (5)

Apollo: “A word on the line about Apollo the snake-slayer, which my friend Professor Colvin condemns, believing that the God of the Belvedere grasps no bow, but the Aegis, as described in the 15th Iliad.
Introduction to Robert Browning Hiram Corson 2008
Only Hope remained there in an unbreakable home within under the rim of the great jar, and did not fly out at the door; for ere that, the lid of the jar stopped her, by the will of Aegis-holding Zeus who gathers the clouds.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Homer and Hesiod 2008
Under Vespasian and Titus, Pliny, the naturalist, exclaimed: "Large estates have ruined Italy, and are ruining the provinces." But it never has been understood that the extension of property was effected then, as it is to-day, under the aegis of the law, and by virtue of the constitution.
What is Property? P. J. Proudhon 1995
She donned the stormy Aegis flashing far, Adamantine, massy, a marvel to the Gods, Whereon was wrought Medusa's ghastly head, Fearful: strong serpents breathing forth the blast Of ravening fire were on the face thereof.
The Fall of Troy Smyrnaeus Quintus 1996
New communities and States are seeking protection under its aegis, and multitudes from the Old World are flocking to our shores to participate in its blessings.
United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches Various 1997

Quotes with AEGIS (3)

I have thought that the word America must mean different things to the people who live under its aegis. I would that for each of them it might be symbolized by one -- at least one -- memory of some aspect of unspoiled nature. America -- wide, far-reaching, insouciant -- has been the amphitheater for our civilization. I wish each of us could appreciate its vast beauty, and could see how far the elements of our civilization fall short of the sheer majesty of our America.
Harvey Broome Out Under Sky Of Great Smokies: A Personal Journal
The arbitrary character of patriarchal ascriptions of temperament and role has little effect upon their power over us. Nor do the mutually exclusive, contradictory, and polar qualities of the categories “masculine” and “feminine” imposed upon human personality give rise to sufficiently serious question among us. Under their aegis each personality becomes little more, and often less than half, of its human potential. Politically, the fact that each group exhibits a circumscrib…
Kate Millett
No, we absolutely should do it. If we can capture such a motherlode, it could make a pivotal difference in the coming war. We need it. AEGIS needs it, my mother needs it. This is why we’re here.“I’m merely pausing at the precipice of the cliff, peeking down into the chasm and asking, ‘Are we sure?’ So…” Alex eyed him wearing an uneasy grimace “…are we sure?
G.S. Jennsen Relativity
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, TIME, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 301 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).