Swell - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'swell' is the definition.
(both can mean to expand or increase)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for balloon that I've seen before include "Air-filled bag" , "Swell, increase rapidly" , "Inflatable rubber bag, could be filled with hot air" , "Inflatable - rapidly expand" , "Air transport" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Penny Press and the Evening Standard.

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

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(Other definitions for distend that I've seen before include "Swell by pressure from within" , "Expand, inflate" , "Stretch" , "Swell with internal pressure" , "Make you bulge" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Penny Press and the Evening Standard.

'swell' is the definition.
(I know that swell can be written as dandy)

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(Other definitions for dandy that I've seen before include "Fop; excellent (US)" , "Beau" , "Fashionable fellow" , "Man about town" , "Foppish man" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Guardian, the Penny Press and The Telegraph.

'swell' is the definition.
(I know that swell can be written as nifty)

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(Other definitions for nifty that I've seen before include "Fine (slang)" , "Fast and neat" , "Particularly effective; stylish" , "Really good (slang)" , "Stylish; agile (informal)" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Guardian, the Penny Press and The Telegraph.

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

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(Other definitions for bloat that I've seen before include "Swell with fluid or gas" , "Fill up with gas" , "Thus treat some fish" , "Cause to swell" , "Make swollen" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Guardian, the Penny Press and The Telegraph.

'swell' is the definition.
(bulging is a kind of swelling)

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(Other definitions for bulge that I've seen before include "Swell" , "Hitler's offensive" , "Swelling - sudden increase" , "Protuberance or outward swelling" , "Rounded swelling" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Guardian, the Penny Press and The Telegraph.

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

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for expand that I've seen before include "put on weight?" , "Distend" , "Dilate" , "Grow bigger" , "Increase in bulk or importance" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

'swell' is the definition.
(I know that swell can be written as peachy)

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(Other definitions for peachy that I've seen before include "excellent!" , "Delicious" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

'swell' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

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(Other definitions for dilate that I've seen before include "Widen in detail as pupils may" , "Become wider, pupil of the eye perhaps" , "Widen, distend" , "Widen as eye pupils may" , "Widen like eye pupils" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

Swell (7)