Crossword-Solution: UNSCREW
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Unscrew | v. t. | To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it. |
We have 30 clues for the answer “UNSCREW”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| Remove a lightbulb | 1 answer |
| loosen by turning | 1 answer |
| loosen (a screw or lid) by turning it | 1 answer |
| Unloosen by turning. | 1 answer |
| Turn to open | 1 answer |
| Turn out the light? | 1 answer |
| Turn left, often | 1 answer |
| Take out, as a light bulb | 1 answer |
| Take off, as a cap | 1 answer |
| Remove, as a lightbulb | 1 answer |
| Remove, as a light bulb | 1 answer |
| Remove, as a lid | 1 answer |
| Loosen with a twist | 1 answer |
| Remove a twist-off cap | 1 answer |
| Remove a light bulb | 1 answer |
| Remove a bottle cap | 1 answer |
| Opens, as some a wine bottles | 1 answer |
| Loosen a lightbulb | 1 answer |
| Heed the "lefty-loosey" rule | 1 answer |
| Do "lefty loosey" on | 1 answer |
| Remove, as a bottle cap | 2 answers |
| Loosen a fastening | 2 answers |
| Twist open | 2 answers |
| Remove a bottle top. | 2 answers |
| Remove, as a cap | 2 answers |
| Turn loose | 7 answers |
| Loosen, in a way | 10 answers |
| Remove, in a way. | 12 answers |
| Loose | 101 answers |
| Open | 131 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with UNSCREW (5)
Our opinions have always been painfully divergent, but I freely forgive him his zealous attempts to unscrew my head-piece and set it on hind part before.
There is no knowing what further mischief she might have done had not York promptly sat himself down flat on her head to prevent her struggling, at the same time calling out, “Unbuckle the black horse! Run for the winch and unscrew the carriage pole! Cut the trace here, somebody, if you can't unhitch it!” One of the footmen ran for the winch, and another brought a knife from the house.
The only bars that Raffles allowed to beat him were the kind that are let into the stone outside; those fixed within are merely screwed to the woodwork, and you can unscrew as many as necessary if you take the trouble and have the time.
The other kind of rigger will often use the wire in such a way as to allow the turnbuckle, to the “eyes” of which the wires are attached, to unscrew a quarter of a turn or more, with the result that the correct adjustment of the wires may be lost; and upon their fine adjustment much depends.
After it’s done its work, why, all we have to do is to go down into the hold, unscrew the nut, and out drops the hook.
Quotes with UNSCREW (3)
. . . if you can't see the good man he is, you need to unscrew them eyeballs of yours and try on a different pair.
I think about how Grandpa Z says the sky is blue because it's dusty and octopuses can unscrew the tops off jars and starfish have eyes at the tips of their arms. I think: No matter what happens, no matter how wretched and gloomy everything can get, at least Mrs. Sabo got to feel this.
And I will close my eyes and prepare myself so that they can unscrew my head and allow the map to slip into my lacunae. So that I can be filled and braced from the inside and fortified for the voyage. Because without my world inside me I will contract and congeal, more even than I am now, without speech and without actions and without any purchase upon time.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 24 times in crossword archives (1945–2024).