Crossword-Solution: JACKDAWS
We have 4 clues for the answer “JACKDAWS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Black birds known for thievery | 1 answer |
| Start of a 31-letter pangram (a sentence with all 26 letters) | 1 answer |
| Grackles. | 3 answers |
| Black birds | 8 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERETA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with JACKDAWS (5)
And there must be hundreds of them,” he continued, “for see what a lot of things they have brought here!” Indeed, the nest was half filled with a most curious collection of small articles for which the birds could have no use, but which the thieving Jackdaws had stolen during many years from the homes of men.
That comes back very clearly to me, and other vague memories—I know old Hall and his gun, out shooting at jackdaws, came into our common experiences, but I don’t remember how; and then at last, abruptly, our fight in the Warren stands out.
Aye—be prepared! DUET—LITTLE BUTTERCUP and CAPTAIN BUT, Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream; Highlows pass as patent leathers; Jackdaws strut in peacock's feathers.
Bright shone the sun on battlement and tower, and in the blue air overhead a Hock of clattering jackdaws flew around the gilded weather vane and spire.
Nor even to let himself down a spout, which would have been an old game to him; for once he got up by a spout to the church roof, he said to take jackdaws’ eggs, but the policeman said to steal lead; and, when he was seen on high, sat there till the sun got too hot, and came down by another spout, leaving the policemen to go back to the stationhouse and eat their dinners.
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Appears in: NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1965–2013).