The Clue
Start of a trip in a bathysphere (7 letter answer)
The Answer
DESCENT
Tags
Notes
The answer DESCENT is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1000 puzzles.
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Definition
DESCENT as a noun:
1. a movement downward
2. (origin, descent, extraction) = properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
3. the act of changing your location in a downward direction
4. (descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation) = the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
5. (descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope) = a downward slope or bend
6. (lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock) = the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"