If “Picks up” is part of your puzzle, these answers come from crosswords that included nearly the same clue—making them helpful to try in your current solving session.
Suggested Answers:
- LEARNS
- SENSES
- GETS
- HEARS
- ARRESTS
- GAINS
- NABS
- FETCHES
- COMESFOR
- CLEANS
Synonyms and Definitions
LEARNS
- Synonyms: acquire, ascertain, check, con, determine, discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, instruct, larn, learn, memorise, memorize, pick up, read, see, study, take, teach, watch
SENSES
- Synonyms: common sense, dope, feel, gage, good sense, grass, green goddess, gumption, horse sense, locoweed, mother wit, pot, sens, sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency, sess, signified, skunk, smell, smell out, smoke, weed
GETS
- Synonyms: aim, amaze, arrest, arrive, baffle, beat, become, beget, begin, bewilder, bring, bring forth, bugger off, buzz off, capture, catch, cause, come, commence, contract, convey, develop, draw, drive, dumbfound, engender, experience, father, fetch, find, fix, flummox, fuck off, generate, get down, get under ones skin, go, gravel, grow, have, incur, induce, let, make, mother, mystify, nonplus, obtain, pay back, pay off, perplex, pose, produce, puzzle, receive, scram, set about, set out, sire, start, start out, stick, stimulate, stupefy, suffer, sustain, vex
HEARS
- Synonyms: listen, take heed, try
ARRESTS
- Synonyms: apprehend, apprehension, collar, contain, cop, get, halt, hitch, hold, hold back, nab, nail, pinch, stay, stop, stoppage, taking into custody, turn back
GAINS
- Synonyms: addition, advance, amplification, arrive at, attain, benefit, bring in, clear, derive, earn, gain ground, gather, get ahead, hit, increase, make headway, profit, pull ahead, pull in, put on, reach, realise, realize, take in, win
- Definition: an amount that is included
CLEANS
- Synonyms: clean and jerk, clean house, cleanse, houseclean, make clean, pick, scavenge, strip