Crossword-Solution: SHIRES
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SHIRES | anagram | HISSER, RHESIS, SHERIS, SHIERS |
We have 29 clues for the answer “SHIRES”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Devon and others. | 1 answer |
| Worcester and York | 1 answer |
| Traditional English hunting locale, with "the" | 1 answer |
| Tolkienian settlements | 1 answer |
| The ___, where Englishmen go a-hunting | 1 answer |
| The ___ Midland counties | 1 answer |
| Stafford and Worcester | 1 answer |
| Oxford and Berks | 1 answer |
| Midland counties of England. | 1 answer |
| Local-government areas in Queensland | 1 answer |
| Former English counties | 1 answer |
| English draft horses | 1 answer |
| English counties, once | 1 answer |
| English counties | 1 answer |
| Dorset and others. | 1 answer |
| Devon and Dorset | 1 answer |
| Derby and Devon | 1 answer |
| Counties overseas | 1 answer |
| Counties of England | 1 answer |
| Counties like Cornwall | 1 answer |
| Counties in Britain | 1 answer |
| Counties across the pond | 1 answer |
| COUNTIES | 1 answer |
| British counties | 1 answer |
| "The Hobbit" locales | 1 answer |
| BRITISH BREED OF LARGE HEAVY DRAFT HORSE | 10 answers |
| DEVON LOCALE | 10 answers |
| DEVON CITY | 10 answers |
| DEVON | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERTEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SHIRES (5)
XVII The third seemed not a troop or squadron small, But an huge host; nor seemed it so much grain In Egypt grew as to sustain them all; Yet from one town thereof came all that train, A town in people to huge shires equal, That did a thousand streets and more contain, Great Caire it hight, whose commons from each side Came swarming out to war, Campson their guide.
Then after Martinmas they went back again to Kent, and chose their winter-quarters on the Thames; obtaining their provisions from Essex, and from the shires that were next, on both sides of the Thames.
The news on telegraphic wires Sped swiftly o’er the lea, Excursion trains from distant shires Brought myriads to see.
Meanwhile William was taking very practical possession in the shires where late events had given him real authority.
Her father was Coel, second prince of Britain and king of that part of ancient England, which includes the present shires of Essex and of Suffolk, about the river Colne.
Quotes with SHIRES (3)
What passing bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifle's rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers, nor bells, Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, The shrill demented choirs of wailing shells, And bugles calling for them from sad shires. What candles may be held to speed them all? Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes, Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes. T…
We need to return to harmony with Nature and with each other, to become what humans were destined to be, builders of gardens and Shires, hobbits (if you will), not Masters over creatures great and small.
[T]he hyphenation question is, and always has been and will be, different for English immigrants. One can be an Italian-American, a Greek-American, an Irish-American and so forth. (Jews for some reason prefer the words the other way around, as in 'American Jewish Congress' or 'American Jewish Committee.') And any of those groups can and does have a 'national day' parade on Fifth Avenue in New York. But there is no such thing as an 'English-American' let alone a 'British-Ameri…
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Appears in: Chronicle, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Onion, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 42 times in crossword archives (1952–2023).