Consume - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

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

This is the entire 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 Irish Independent, The Mirror, The Independent, the King Feature Syndicate, The Wall Street Journal, the Evening Standard, The Sun, The Telegraph, the Penny Press, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Star Tribune, The Times, The Daily Mail, the USA Today and the Universal.

'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 Mirror, The Independent, the Evening Standard, The Telegraph and The Times.

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

This is all the 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 Mirror, The Independent, the Evening Standard, The Telegraph and The Times.

'consume' is the definition.
(I know that imbibe is a more specific form of the action consume)

This is all the 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 Mirror, The Independent, the Evening Standard, The Telegraph and The Times.

'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 Telegraph, The Guardian and the Evening Standard.

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

This is all the 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 Telegraph, The Guardian and the Evening Standard.

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

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