Today's clue:
Origin of leaf torn with an article internally (9)
Its solution: PARENTAGE = PAGE + RENT + A
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Origin of leaf torn with an article internally (9)
Its solution: PARENTAGE = PAGE + RENT + A
To see all the answers received for this visit this page.
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Today's Krypton!
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parentage
noun
1.the identity and origins of one's parents.
2.the origin of something.
"this ice cream boasts American parentage"
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Origin of leaf torn with an article internally (9)
leaf = page
torn = rent (past tense of rend)
an article = a
internally = indicator for (rent+a) inside page
= Pa+rent+a+ge
=Parentage
= Origin
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rend
verb
tear (something) into pieces.
"snapping teeth that would rend human flesh to shreds"
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rent
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rend.
SYNONYMS FOR RENT
torn, split, rift, cleft, rip, rupture,
fracture.
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