The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BUT …! which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Start of a protestor’s cry, perhaps crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
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BUT …! | 100 % | 8 |
Why may BUT be the right solution?
The answer "BUT ...!" fits because it is a common way for a protestor to start their argument or counter a statement. It signals a contradiction or disagreement.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Start of a protestor’s cry, perhaps
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Crossword Answer definitions
BUT …! noun- An instance or example of using the word "but".
- The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
- A limit; a boundary.
- The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
- Use the word "but".
- Merely, only, just.
- Though, however.
- Used as an intensifier.
- Apart from, except (for), excluding.
- (obsolete outside Scotland) Outside of.
- On the contrary, rather (as a regular adversative conjunction, introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence).
- However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).
- Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".
- Without its also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
- Except with; unless with; without.
- Only; solely; merely.
- Until.
- (following a negated expression of improbability) That.
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