Answer: NOUN
NOUN is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 254 times.
Referring Clues:
- Verb accompanier
 - 61-Across, for example
 - Word ending in "o" in Esperanto
 - You name it
 - Common thing?
 - Verb preceder
 - It may be proper
 - What "-ence" forms
 - It may be common
 - Proper ___
 - Friend or foe, e.g.
 - Sentence starter
 - Verb, for example
 - One may be proper
 - Adjective follower
 - Word that's an example of itself
 - Sentence subject, often
 - Something in writing?
 - It could be proper
 - Whatchamacallit?
 - Sentence subject, usually
 - It may be subject to modification
 - Subject, usually
 - Word before a verb, maybe
 - It may be abstract
 - Subject word
 - Self-identifying word
 - Hook, line or sinker
 - Thing, e.g.
 - Verb preceder, usually
 - What you may call it
 - Gerund, e.g.
 - Object, e.g.
 - Verb go-with
 - It can represent a person or a place
 - Person, place, or thing
 - "Trick" or "treat", perhaps
 - What an adjective modifies
 - Word that is an example of itself
 - "Person," "place" or "thing," e.g.
 - Cat or dog, e.g.
 - Person or place or thing
 - Paper or plastic, e.g.
 - "Truth" or "consequences," e.g.
 - Win, place, or show
 - "Clergy" is a collective one
 - Cat or dog, for example
 - Rock, scissors, or paper
 - "Tiger" or "dragon," e.g.
 - Subject of a sentence, often
 - Grammar subject
 - Tiger or woods, e.g.
 - "Heads" or "tails," e.g.
 - Thing in grammar class
 - It may be declined
 - It can be proper or common
 - Lion or tiger or bear, e.g.
 - Mad Libs request
 - Adjective follower, often
 - Man or mouse, e.g.
 - Article follower, often
 - Trick or treat, for example
 - Person, place or thing
 - Lions or tigers or bears
 - Sentence part
 - Truth or consequences
 - It can be common in grammar class
 - Judge, at times
 - Animal, vegetable or mineral
 - Feast or famine
 - One is often followed by a verb
 - Person, place or thing, in grammar
 - "Proper" thing in English class
 - A type of one ends 17-, 37- and 62-Across
 - Common subject in English class
 - ''Soup'' or ''salad''
 - Proper name, for example
 - ''Verb'' or ''adjective''
 - Part of speech
 - Word that can be pluralized
 - Any thing
 - Thing, in English class
 - It's common in grammar class
 - Parser's concern
 - It's not always proper
 - Common subject?
 - What a thing is
 - Cat, dog, boy or fish, e.g.
 - Any boy or girl could be one
 - Person in an English class?
 - Parsing choice
 - Collective or common thing
 - Proper word, at times
 - Common word?
 - It's subject to modification
 - English 101 topic
 - What every thing is
 - Speech part
 - Pencil, pen, or quill
 - Person or thing
 - Basic speech part
 - Subject of a sentence
 - Heads or tails, e.g.
 - Animal, vegetable, or mineral
 - Morning or evening, e.g.
 - Pen or pencil, e.g.
 - Sink or swim, perhaps
 - It may be just the thing
 - "Soup" or "salad"
 - "Verb" or "adjective"
 - Gerund, for example
 - Adjective or verb, e.g.
 - "Adjective" or "adverb," e.g.
 - Sink or swim, e.g.
 - Part of a sentence
 - Bell, book, or candle
 - Proper word
 - Word class
 - A proper one is capitalized
 - Bell, book, or candle
 - Proper thing?
 - Common thing in a sentence?
 - Subject, often
 - Sentence subject, e.g.
 - It may be a proper subject
 - Verb's partner
 - Verb counterpart
 - Proper subject, perhaps
 - It may be a common object
 - Proper subject?
 - Subject matter?
 - Common object, maybe?
 - Common object, maybe
 - A common subject, maybe
 - Grammar class topic
 - It might be proper
 - Basic part of speech
 - Bill or gates, e.g.
 - Rock, paper, or scissors
 - Sentence element
 - Subject of a verb
 - It may be abstract or concrete
 - Verb's companion
 - Trick or treat, e.g.
 - Woman, but not she
 - Common thing in a sentence
 - Mad Libs specification
 - 3-Down's counterpart
 - Term in a grammar textbook
 - Subject of a sentence, typically
 - Grammar class subject
 - Soup or salad
 - "Common" word
 - Person in a sentence, say
 - It's often modified
 - What you may call it?
 - Pluralizable word
 - Proper subject, maybe
 - Lock, stock, or barrel
 - Spit or swallow, e.g.
 - Sentence subject, as a rule
 - Roulette, for one
 - Grammarian's concern
 - Life or death
 - Adjective accompanier
 - Pass, punt or kick, e.g.
 - Soup or salad, grammatically
 - Common or proper word
 - Anything
 - Naming word
 - Ball or strike, e.g.
 - What an article may refer to
 - Parser's part
 - Coffee, tea, or milk
 - Verb subject
 - A follower?
 - Mad Libs label
 - Verb, for one
 - War or peace, say
 - One might appear next to an article
 - An example of itself
 - King or queen, e.g.
 - What "n." means in a dictionary
 - Direct object, generally
 - Doohickey or whatchamacallit, e.g.
 - Sometimes it's proper
 - Follower of "a" or "the," often
 - "All" or "nothing"
 - Word that can be common
 - Rock, paper or scissors
 - Subject or object
 - Object in an object?
 - Direct object, e.g.
 - "verb," e.g.
 - "Common" or "proper" word
 - Sentence necessity
 - It may be proper in a sentence
 - Word classification
 - Grammatical substantive
 - Egg, e.g.
 - I of "I am here," e.g.
 - Nothing, for instance
 - It stands for something
 - Certain part of speech
 - Sentence structure element
 - Truth or consequences, e.g.
 - Pluralizable thing
 - "Common" part of speech
 - Word for a thing
 - Subject or direct object, e.g.
 - Something drawn when landing on a yellow square in Pictionary
 - Person, grammatically
 - Cash or credit, e.g.
 - Grammar, grammatically, e.g.
 - Car, truck or bike
 - "Tea" or "coffee"
 - Apples or oranges
 - Grammatical subject
 - It might not be proper
 - n., in a dictionary
 - "Subject" or "object," at times
 - It's always something
 - Mad Libs prompt
 - Day or night
 - Any thing, say
 - Subject in English class
 - Grammar, in grammar
 - One may be common
 - An adjective modifies one
 - Follower of "the," often
 - This answer's part of speech
 - Part of speech after "the," often
 - Word that can usually be pluralized
 - Heads or tails
 - Friend or foe
 - What an article may come with?
 - Word that might be "proper"
 - Student in English class?
 - Lamp, e.g.; light, only sometimes
 - Part of speech of the word "crossword"
 - Article go-with
 - Paper or plastic
 - Part of speech that might be "proper"
 - One may be proper or collective
 - Life or death, e.g.
 - Wall or flower
 - Word such as "word"
 - Nature or nurture
 - Barn or sound
 - Part of speech that can be proper
 - Trick or treat?
 - Coffee or tea
 - Paper or plastic, say
 - Fly or fish, for example
 
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