Answer: BUT
BUT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 84 times.
Referring Clues:
- Word preceding 20-Across
- On the other hand
- Save
- Except
- Except that
- "___ no-o-o …"
- "... and nothing ___"
- Nevertheless
- However
- Otherwise
- Condition
- Except for
- Middle of the quote
- With 57-Down, possible response to 20-, 31- or 39-Across
- Excuse maker's word
- "Close, ___ no cigar"
- "Thanks, ___ no thanks"
- "___ seriously ..."
- "However ..."
- "Despite what I just said ..."
- Objection
- Part 3 of quote
- ''However . . .''
- Word of exception
- ''... life is ___ a dream''
- "___ no-o-o . . ."
- Word of objection
- Objector's word
- Interrupter's word
- Word of protest
- Weasel word
- Exception introducer
- "___ seriously folks ..."
- "On the other hand ..."
- "___ no-o-o "
- "... life is ___ a dream"
- "___ no-o-o ..."
- "That ... can't be ..."
- "Life is ___ a dream"
- Even so
- Nothing ___ the truth
- Start of an excuse
- Objecting word
- "Nothing ___ net"
- Word of qualification
- Yet
- "___ I digress"
- Part 6 of a Labour Day quotation
- See 26-Across
- Exceptional word?
- "Nothing ___ the best"
- Still
- Exceptional start?
- "Anything ___ Love"
- "... 'twas ___ a dream of thee": Donne
- Word after which a parent might interrupt a child
- On the contrary
- "___ seriously, folks ..."
- Start of a protest
- Word of disagreement
- "Now wait just a sec ... "
- Waffle introducer?
- Nothing ___ (totally)
- "___ how?" (words of disbelief)
- Aside from
- Good-news-to-bad-news transition
- "___ seriously folks, ..."
- See 55-Down
- Condition introduction
- See 20 Across
- "Close ___ no cigar"
- Excluding
- "Having said that ..."
- Start of an objection
- "On the other hand ... "
- "However ... "
- Conjunction that's the "B" in the FANBOYS mnemonic
- Sad ___ true
- "___ of course!"
- Signal for a change in direction?
- Protester's word
- "___ of course"
- Merely
- Start of a protestor's cry, perhaps
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - December 19, 2024
- New York Times - November 29, 2024
- LA Times - June 28, 2024
- New York Times - April 21, 2024
- USA Today - January 08, 2024
- USA Today - January 03, 2024
- New York Times - December 29, 2023
- New York Times - December 17, 2023
- USA Today - November 01, 2023
- LA Times - September 04, 2023
- New York Times - July 11, 2023
- LA Times - July 10, 2023
- LA Times - June 04, 2023
- USA Today - December 23, 2022
- USA Today - November 18, 2022
- New York Times - November 02, 2022
- USA Today - August 25, 2022
- USA Today - June 22, 2022
- USA Today - July 15, 2021
- Universal - April 02, 2021
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