Encourage - applaud — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 5–letter crossword clue “Encourage - applaud”? This page covers its appearance in Guardian Quick on 3rd Feb 2009. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Encourage - applaud” is CHEER (5 letters).
We last saw “Encourage - applaud” in Guardian Quick on 3rd Feb 2009.
The 5-letter answer for “Encourage - applaud” is CHEER.
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