Crossword-Solution: MAINSTAY 8 letters, 27 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 13

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Word Word Type Definition
Mainstay n. The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the
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Mainstay n. Main support; principal dependence.

We have 27 clues for the answer “MAINSTAY”

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Someone or something that provides the chief support 1 answer
Chief supporter 1 answer
Chief support 1 answer
Bread and butter, so to speak 1 answer
*Chief source of support 1 answer
Dependable type 1 answer
Primary source of support 1 answer
Principal support 1 answer
Primary supporter 2 answers
Central component 2 answers
good right arm 3 answers
Mast support 6 answers
BULWARK, THE AUTHOR 10 answers
Bastion 19 answers
lifeline 22 answers
pillar 22 answers
GREAT thing 27 answers
bulwark 28 answers
cornerstone 30 answers
Strut 34 answers
prop 35 answers
Essential Part 36 answers
Backbone 46 answers
great doings 47 answers
Anchor 50 answers
Post 85 answers
Support 104 answers
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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
ZMEAEC
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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DAVIS; Consulate General at Via Layetana 33, Barcelona 3, Spain (mailing address APO NY 09286); telephone [34] (3) 319-9550 _#_Flag: three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red with the national coat of arms centered in the yellow band; the coat of arms features a quartered shield; similar to the flags of Chad and Romania which do not have a national coat of arms in the center lar to the _*_Economy _#_Overview: The mainstay of Andorra's economy is tourism.
The 1991 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1992
The name GNU is itself recursive (the mainstay of the LISP language); it stands for "Gnu's Not Unix."} When it is released, everyone will be permitted to copy it and distribute it to others.
Zen and the Art of the Internet Brendan P. Kehoe 1992
Oil has supplanted forestry as the mainstay of the economy, providing about two-thirds of government revenues and exports.
The 1992 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1993
Since you have returned to me, and you are the mainstay of my life, I promise to renounce the crown in your favor, and to complete our wedding vows with you as emperor since my father, being advanced in years, wants me to rule in his stead." Tirant would not allow the lady to continue, and with a loving heart he said: "Even if I could, I find it difficult to accept your gracious and generous offer.
The White Knight: Tirant lo Blanc Joanot Martorell and Marti Johan d'Galba 1995
But she was afraid of Victor Dorn as we all are afraid of those we deeply respect--those whose respect is the mainstay of our self-confidence.
The Conflict David Graham Phillips 1996

Quotes with MAINSTAY (3)

Public libraries have been a mainstay of my life. They represent an individual's right to acquire knowledge; they are the sinews that bind civilized societies the world over. Without libraries, I would be a pauper, intellectually and spiritually.
James A. Michener
A Seed for Contemplation: Creative people who cherish the gift of life often slip into the secret chambers of the creative mind. Their solutions are well-rounded, more sensible than those of people who rely solely upon reason as their mainstay. Gratitude unseals fountains of creativity, because a grateful person is relaxed. This allows him to take stock of his circumstances with an objective mind. A creative person often gets three-dimensional answers to his problems. — ,
Harold Klemp The Language of Soul: Keys to Living a More Meaningful Life
Here we introduce the nation's first great communications monopolist, whose reign provides history's first lesson in the power and peril of concentrated control over the flow of information. Western Union's man was one Rutherford B. Hates, an obscure Ohio politician described by a contemporary journalist as "a third rate nonentity." But the firm and its partner newswire, the Associated Press, wanted Hayes in office, for several reasons. Hayes was a close friend of William Hen…
Timothy Wu
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, Universal, WSJ.

Used 20 times in crossword archives (1981–2023).