Crossword-Solution: CERBERUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Cerberus | n. | A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly. |
| Cerberus | n. | A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam. |
We have 19 clues for the answer “CERBERUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Vigilant guardian. | 1 answer |
| Three-headed watchdog of myth | 1 answer |
| Three-headed dog of Hades. | 1 answer |
| Subject of Hercules' Twelfth Labor | 1 answer |
| A hell of a triple header? | 1 answer |
| Challenge for Hercules. | 1 answer |
| Dog guarding the gates of the underworld | 1 answer |
| Hade's watchdog | 1 answer |
| Kerberos | 1 answer |
| Multi-headed dog that guards Hades, in Greek myth | 1 answer |
| Multiheaded dog guarding the gates of the underworld, in myth | 1 answer |
| Mythical dog guard of Hade's door | 1 answer |
| Sinister three-headed dog of myth. | 1 answer |
| claviger | 4 answers |
| Mythical figure | 14 answers |
| Watchdog. | 29 answers |
| Keeper | 36 answers |
| Custodian | 37 answers |
| guardian | 56 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REATE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CERBERUS (5)
Nay, even the deep Tartarean Halls of death Stood lost in wonderment, and the Eumenides, Their brows with livid locks of serpents twined; Even Cerberus held his triple jaws agape, And, the wind hushed, Ixion's wheel stood still.
Then was Cerberus glad, and said, ‘And is there such brave preparations a-making to go against the miserable town of Mansoul? And would I might be put at the head of a thousand of them, that I might also show my valour against the famous town of Mansoul.’ _Prof._ Your wish may come to pass; you look like one that has mettle enough, and my lord will have with him those that are valiant and stout.
Men have been frenzied by the Furies' locks, Not killed; and Cerberus at Orpheus' song Ceased from his hissing, and Alcides saw The Hydra ere he slew.
Before him slain lay that most murderous hound Orthros, in furious might like Cerberus His brother-hound: a herdman lay thereby, Eurytion, all bedabbled with his blood.
Thus, Centaurs and the limbs of Scyllas, thus The Cerberus-visages of dogs we see, And images of people gone before-- Dead men whose bones earth bosomed long ago; Because the images of every kind Are everywhere about us borne--in part Those which are gendered in the very air Of own accord, in part those others which From divers things do part away, and those Which are compounded, made from out their shapes.
Quotes with CERBERUS (3)
i held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants.
I saw the Tracker — but that’s wrong, really. I saw right to where the tracking thing was. I saw those winnowing tentacles come out again, and the front figure pause, and then — it’s the only word that actually describes it — ooze on again on its via dolorosa. And at that the hind figure seemed to summon all its strength. It seemed to open out a fringe of arms or tentacles, a sort of corona of black rays spread out. It gaped with a full expansion, and even I could feel that t…
Hermes's eyes twinkled. "Martha, may I have the first package, please?" Martha opened her mouth ... and kept opening it until it was as wide as my arm. She belched out a stainless steel canister-an old-fashioned lunch box thermos with a black plastic top. The sides of the thermos were enameled with red and yellow Ancient Greek scenes-a hero killing a lion; a hero lifting up Cerberus, the three-headed dog." That's Hercules," I said. "But how-""Never question a gift," Hermes ch…
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Appears in: Crossroads, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Slate, Universal.
Used 14 times in crossword archives (1954–2024).