The clue "ancestors" last appeared in the The Times Concise crossword on August 17, 2019. The correct answer for this puzzle is "forebears", a 9-letter word.
Solution FOREBEARS is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution FOREBEARS is 9 letters long. We have 11 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 87 solutions. The longest is MASTER CRAFTSMAN with 15 letters, and the shortest is LPS with 3 letters.
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