Special linguistic usage — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 5–letter crossword clue “Special linguistic usage”? This page covers its appearance in Guardian Quick on 10th Aug 2006. 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 “Special linguistic usage” is IDIOM (5 letters).
We last saw “Special linguistic usage” in Guardian Quick on 10th Aug 2006.
The 5-letter answer for “Special linguistic usage” is IDIOM.
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