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Crossword-Solution: TANTALUS 8 letters, 30 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

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Tantalus n. A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by
being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin
but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his
head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded
whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them.
Tantalus n. A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises.

We have 30 clues for the answer “TANTALUS”

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Locked cellaret, named after mythical king. 1 answer
Where alcohol’s under lock and key 1 answer
king doomed to hunger and thirst Greek Mythology 1 answer
father Niobe 1 answer
Victim of terrible teasing 1 answer
Tormented king, in Greek legend. 1 answer
Submerged son of Zeus. 1 answer
Son of Zeus doomed to frustration 1 answer
Pelops, father 1 answer
PELOPS, father of 1 answer
Niobe's tormented dad 1 answer
Niobe father 1 answer
NIOBE, father of 1 answer
Mythical king who suffered eternal hunger and thirst. 1 answer
Locked cellaret for wines and liquors. 1 answer
King tormented by thirst and hunger 1 answer
King doomed to hunger and thirst: Myth. 1 answer
King doomed to hunger and thirst. 1 answer
King and son of Zeus. 1 answer
Hungry, thirsty, tormented king of mythology 1 answer
His punishment was a tease. 1 answer
He was tormented with food and water that were just out of reach 1 answer
Greek king tormented by fruit and water he could never quite reach 1 answer
Greek figure notably punished by Zeus for bad table manners 1 answer
Greek Mythology king doomed to hunger and thirst 1 answer
Father of Niobe. 1 answer
Chin-deep-in-water king of myth 1 answer
Cellaret 1 answer
Mythical Greek king 2 answers
brother Niobe 10 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AAER
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with TANTALUS (5)

Was there any other spirit but rum in the room?” “Yes, there was a tantalus containing brandy and whisky on the sea-chest.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1994
Was there any other spirit but rum in the room?” “Yes; there was a tantalus containing brandy and whisky on the sea-chest.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 2008
Athenaeus, 281 B: The writer of the “Return of the Atreidae” 3302 says that Tantalus came and lived with the gods, and was permitted to ask for whatever he desired.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Homer and Hesiod 2008
And there, ranged on platters, and baking boards, and on snowy-white napkins, was that which made Tantalus's feast seem a dry and barren snack.
Fanny Herself Edna Ferber 2008
Remorseless aera, which hast filled the page With Atreus', Tantalus', Thyestes' rage! IX Barbarian! thou madest shorter by the head The boldest of his age, on whom did beam The sun 'twixt pole and pole, 'twixt Indus' bed And where he sinks in Ocean's western stream; Whose years and beauty might have pity bred In Anthropophagus, in Polypheme; Not thee; that art in wickedness outdone By any Cyclops, any Lestrigon.
Orlando Furioso Lodovico Ariosto 1996

Quotes with TANTALUS (2)

Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames.
Rick Riordan The Sea of Monsters
When I was a boy of seven or eight I read a novel untitled "Abafi" — The Son of Aba — a Servian translation from the Hungarian of Josika, a writer of renown. The lessons it teaches are much like those of "Ben Hur," and in this respect it might be viewed as anticipatory of the work of Wallace. The possibilities of will-power and self-control appealed tremendously to my vivid imagination, and I began to discipline myself. Had I a sweet cake or a juicy apple which I was dying to…
Nikola Tesla
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Appears in: Chicago Tribune, CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.

Used 21 times in crossword archives (1948–2025).