Crossword-Solution: ASPHALT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Asphalt | n. | Alt. of Asphaltum |
| Asphalt | v. t. | To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARTE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ASPHALT (5)
The candy store on the corner was brilliantly lighted and was filling up, while the green and yellow lamps from the drug store directly opposite threw kaleidoscopic reflections deep down into the shining surface of the asphalt.
Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident anticipation that lilies will reward his labour.
Upon the asphalt sidewalk itself, soft and sticky with the morning's heat, was a continuous movement.
The warmth of the fire had passed out of her veins, and she told herself that she must not sit long in the penetrating dampness which struck up from the wet asphalt.
Then down a winding wooden stair to the basement, where were kitchen and scullery, dimly lit, and asphalt-floored.
Quotes with ASPHALT (3)
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled surfaces. We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to set foot in it. We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; without it the life of the cities would drive all men into crime or drugs or psychoanalysis.
It’s funny how one summer can change everything. It must be something about the heat and the smell of chlorine, fresh-cut grass and honeysuckle, asphalt sizzling after late-day thunderstorms, the steam rising while everything drips around it. Something about long, lazy days and whirring air conditioners and bright plastic flip-flops from the drugstore thwacking down the street. Something about fall being so close, another year, another Christmas, another beginning. So much in…
The road to success is paved with the hot asphalt of failure.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 74 times in crossword archives (1947–2025).