Crossword-Solution: HOMOPHONES
We have 5 clues for the answer “HOMOPHONES”
| Clue | Answers |
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| "Beastly" feature of nine long answers 108 Across | 1 answer |
| "To" and "too," for two | 1 answer |
| Certain soundalikes | 1 answer |
| Read and blew, for red and blue | 1 answer |
| They sound more similar than they look ... and are central to this puzzle's theme | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ZCEMEA
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with HOMOPHONES (5)
Instead of building with the arrow-head a multitude of syllabic characters, including many homophones, as had been and continued to be the custom with the Assyrians, the Persians selected a few of these characters and ascribed to them phonetic values that were almost purely alphabetic.
The decipherment of this character, however, even with this aid, proved enormously difficult, for it was soon evident that here it was no longer a question of a nearly perfect alphabet of a few characters, but of a syllabary of several hundred characters, including many homophones, or different forms for representing the same sound.
DIFFERENTIATION OF HOMOPHONES On this very difficult question the attitude of a careful English speaker is shown in the following extract from a letter addressed to us: METAL, METTLE: AND PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPLE 'I find that I do not _naturally_ distinguish _metal_ and _mettle_ in pronunciation, tho' when there is any danger of ambiguity I say _metal_ for the former and _met'l_ for the latter; and I should probably do so (without thinking about it) in a public speech.
The Dieri Pultara, Palyara and Upala[127], are homophones of the class names which we have seen as alternative forms; but this very fact makes it certain, or nearly so, that one of the homophones is due to chance coincidence.
This discovery, and the recognition of the name Alexander, gave fourteen alphabetic signs, including homophones, with ascertained values.
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Appears in: Newsday, NYT, Three Across, Universal.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (2000–2021).