KENTUCKY CROSSWORDS
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(41 Across) nix VERB Command against. Synonyms and similar words: disallow, forbid, prohibit, proscribe, veto. nix NOUN 1. A quantity of no importance. Synonyms and similar words: aught, cipher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo. 2. In Germanic mythology, a water sprite. [Derived from the German nichts "nothing".]
(53 Across) trophic ADJECTIVE Pertaining to nutrition and its processes. Also, trophical. The combining form tropho- meaning: nutrition, nourishment, of or pertaining to food derives from the same origin, which is from the Greek trephein "to nourish".
(11 Down) portmanteau In American English the most common usage of the word portmanteau is as a NOUN meaning: A large travelling bag made of stiff leather and hinged at the back to form two distinct compartments. Synonym: Gladstone or Gladstone bag. The less common definition is: A new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings. In the clue given in the puzzle above the word "brunch" is an example of a portmanteau, as a combination of the words "breakfast" and "lunch". Other examples of a portmanteau include: motel, shopaholic, and smog. [The word is derived from Middle French porter "to carry", plus manteau "coat", from the Latin mantellum.]
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