clew
noun
clue.
clews
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present tense formof clew (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Looking for clews, the police found a large wooden chest.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were no other clews to his identity or his murderer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The task of gathering in the canvas was comparatively easy, the yard being but a few feet above the deck, and little besides the clews being exposed.
From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by J. Fenimore Cooper
The police had secured no clews, and, though they professed to be active, there really was little for them to do.
From The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains by Margaret Penrose
Briefly narrated, the two queerly-acting men who had been noticed by Ralph in the company of Glen Palmer’s grandfather and during the trouble in the tunnel had been the starting clews in the case.
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Allen Chapman
