The clue "allusion" last appeared in the The Guardian Quick crossword on November 26, 2021. The correct answer for this puzzle is "REFERENCE", a 9-letter word.
Solution REFERENCE is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution REFERENCE is 9 letters long. We have 4 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 47 solutions. The longest is METAPHORICAL SENSE with 17 letters, and the shortest is HINT with 4 letters.
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Solutions are between 4 and 17 letters long.
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| Literary reference (8) | |
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