Advancing relatives turn up gaping and twitching Crossword Clue

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Understanding Today's Crossword Puzzle

Today's crossword clue, "Advancing relatives turn up gaping and twitching," has the answer "NEPOTIC." Let's break down why this answer fits the clue:

1. Advancing relatives: This phrase suggests that the answer relates to family members who are making progress or moving forward.
2. Turn up: In crossword clues, "turn up" often indicates reversing or flipping the order of letters. In this case, we need to rearrange the letters of the answer.
3. Gaping and twitching: These words provide additional context, suggesting that we are looking for a word related to family connections that involves open or excessive favoritism, often seen as a negative behavior.

Putting these clues together, we find that "NEPOTIC" is the perfect fit. Let's see how:

1. The word "NEPOTIC" relates to family members, specifically favoritism shown to relatives.
2. By reversing the word, we get "CITOPEN," which doesn't make any sense.
3. However, if we arrange the letters "CITOPEN" with "N" at the start, we get "NEPOTIC."

Thus, "NEPOTIC" is the answer that aligns with the clue "Advancing relatives turn up gaping and twitching." This careful analysis, considering the clues and their possible meanings, leads us to the correct answer.

Definition of "NEPOTIC"

Tending to, characterized by, or of the nature of nepotism.

 The Crossword clue "Advancing relatives turn up gaping and twitching" published 1 time/s & has 1 answer/s. 

Crossword	Date	Answer
The Times Cryptic	9 February 2019	NEPOTIC