Across and Down

Crossword Solver

Get answers to your crossword puzzle clues using the Crossword Solver.
Type the Crossword Puzzle Clue
Puzzle Answer Pattern
20 answers for: A plaything with a mechanism inside it which makes...
RANKANSWERCLUE
CLOCKWORKTOYA plaything with a mechanism inside it which makes it move or operate when it is wound up with a key (9,3)
TAILWINDIdentical twins swat away insect furiously, which makes it move faster
PEGTOPPear-shaped wooden teetotum spun on its metal pin by means of pulling the string in which it is wound; or, a description of voluminous trousers that taper at the ankles (3-3)
PROTEASEEnzyme operates when disorder strikes
POGO___ stick (plaything with a big spring)
SEESAWPlaything with a fulcrum
YOYOPlaything with a string
EROSGod of Love is wound up (4)
NOISERacket is wound up after leader absconds
COILEDThe company I directed is wound up (6)
MADAGASCARIt's a funny movie about a talking lion named Alex and his lemur friends who like to "move it, move it" and also "shake it shake it"
BAUBLEWord for a child's toy; a gewgaw; a jester's baton; a piece of childish fooling; a plaything; tinsel; a trifle; a trinket; or, a shiny ornament to hang on one's Christmas conifer (6)
FAILSAFEIt ensures a return to a safety when something goes wrong with a mechanism (4-4)
INFURIATEDCross when, for fun, I wound up with a wild tirade (10)
LOSTTHETHREADHe designed a shirt, but wound up with a vest because he __
CURSORA mouse makes it move
ENGINEThe machine in a car that makes it move (6)
RATCHETMechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel with a pawl that lets it move in only one direction (7)
UNDERPRESSUREWound up with a flat tyre? (5,8)
SPOUSALWound up with a loss of partner (7)