Consume - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'consume' is the definition.
(use can mean to consume or get through)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for use that I've seen before include "Expend in amusement" , "Sue for employment" , "Bring into play" , "Milk" , "Resort to - operation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Star Tribune, the Evening Standard, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Mail, the LA Times, The Independent, The New York Times, The Sun, the Penny Press, The Irish Independent, the Universal, The Wall Street Journal, The Mirror, the USA Today, The Times, The Telegraph, the King Feature Syndicate and The Guardian.

'consume' is the definition.
(I know that consume can be written as devour)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for devour that I've seen before include "Guzzle" , "Gobble up greedily" , "Quickly consume" , "Wolf" , "Eat (food) hungrily" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Mirror, The Times and The Telegraph.

'consume' is the definition.
(I know that consume can be written as ingest)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for ingest that I've seen before include "Gets in (anag.)" , "Absorb - signet (anag)" , "Absorb mentally" , "take in, eat" , "How to take courses" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Mirror, The Times and The Telegraph.

'consume' is the definition.
(imbibing is a kind of consuming)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for imbibe that I've seen before include "Drink or absorb into mind" , "Tope" , "Quaff" , "Drink, take in" , "Partake of drink" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Mirror, The Times and The Telegraph.

'consume' is the definition.
(I know that consume can be written as eat up)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for eat up that I've seen before include "Consume, absorb" , "show good appetite" , "Devour entirely" , "Finish course" , "Consume completely" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent, the Evening Standard, The Telegraph and The Guardian.

'consume' is the definition.
(I know that consume can be written as use up)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for use up that I've seen before include "Completely consume" , "Entirely consume" , "Expend" , "Consume (stocks)" , "Exhaust (resources)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent, the Evening Standard, The Telegraph and The Guardian.

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and The Wall Street Journal.

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