These answers for “Take in” are grounded in actual crossword completions. The clue structure has appeared before, and these entries matched it successfully in those published puzzles.
Likely Answers:
- EAT
- CON
- LEARN
- REAP
- SEE
- DIGEST
- ADOPT
- ADMIT
- EYE
- ABSORB
- TRICK
- DECEIVE
- INGEST
- EARN
- DUPE
- RECEIVE
- INCLUDE
Synonyms and Definitions
EAT
- Synonyms: consume, corrode, deplete, eat on, eat up, exhaust, feed, run through, rust, use up, wipe out
- Definition: Consume solid nourishment
CON
- Synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, convict, defraud, diddle, flimflam, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, hustle, inmate, learn, memorise, memorize, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, sting, swindle, victimize, yard bird, yardbird
- Definition: a disagreement against a suggested plan
LEARN
- Synonyms: acquire, ascertain, check, con, determine, discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, instruct, larn, pick up, read, see, study, take, teach, watch
- Definition: Acquire understanding or abilities
REAP
- Synonyms: draw, glean, harvest
- Definition: Collect, like you would with natural products.
SEE
- Synonyms: assure, attend, catch, come across, consider, construe, control, date, encounter, ensure, envision, escort, examine, experience, fancy, figure, find, go out, go steady, go through, image, insure, interpret, look, meet, picture, project, realise, realize, reckon, regard, run across, run into, see to it, take care, understand, view, visit, visualise, visualize, witness
- Definition: The location within a bishops jurisdiction where his main church, or cathedral, is situated.
DIGEST
- Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, compilation, concentrate, condense, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate
- Definition: a publication that provides a summary of recent news
ADOPT
- Synonyms: assume, borrow, dramatise, dramatize, embrace, espouse, follow, sweep up, take on, take over, take up
- Definition: Select and adhere to, such as theories, ideas, policies, strategies, or plans.
ADMIT
- Synonyms: accept, accommodate, acknowledge, allow, allow in, hold, include, intromit, let in
- Definition: Affirm as true or acknowledge the existence, reality, or truth of
EYE
- Synonyms: center, centre, eyeball, heart, middle, oculus, optic
- Definition: the body part used for seeing
ABSORB
- Synonyms: assimilate, engage, engross, engulf, imbibe, immerse, ingest, occupy, plunge, soak up, sop up, steep, suck, suck up
- Definition: get infused
TRICK
- Synonyms: antic, caper, conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, fast one, fob, fox, illusion, john, joke, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, prank, pull a fast one on, put-on, thaumaturgy, whoremaster, whoremonger
- Definition: an action or tool that is sly or dishonest
DECEIVE
- Synonyms: betray, cozen, delude, lead astray, lead on
- Definition: Act dishonestly towards; betray someones trust
INGEST
- Synonyms: absorb, have
- Definition: Help yourself to, or regularly intake.
EARN
- Synonyms: bring in, clear, gain, garner, make, pull in
- Definition: Make a profit from a business or commercial deal; receive as a salary or wages.
DUPE
- Synonyms: befool, cod, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, victim
- Definition: an individual who is deceived or cheated
RECEIVE
- Synonyms: get, incur, invite, obtain, welcome
- Definition: Acquire something; take ownership of
INCLUDE
- Synonyms: admit
- Definition: consist of, be composed of
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- SEE also appears as an answer in Call on crossword clue 3, 4, 5 and 9 letters.