Bananas Are Able To Expand

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Updated: November 3, 2025

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adjective satellite • marked by complexity and richness of detail • developed or executed with care and in minute detail verb • add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing • produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product • make more complex, intricate, or richer • work out in detail
	44%	12		Bananas like oranges? What makes bananas look like bananas?
adjective satellite • informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
	31%	4		They go bananas over bananas
noun • any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all • someone who copies the words or behavior of another • person who resembles a nonhuman primate verb • imitate uncritically and in every aspect • represent in or produce a caricature of

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	Clue	Source
1	Able to expand pigpen to accommodate cat The Guardian Cryptic - 30 Jan 2014	The Guardian Cryptic / 30 Jan 2014
2	Bananas like oranges? What makes bananas look like bananas? The Guardian Cryptic - 17 Mar 2004	The Guardian Cryptic / 17 Mar 2004
3	Expand New York Times - 12 Jun 1977	New York Times / 12 Jun 1977
4	Expand pupils New York Times - 09 Feb 1978	New York Times / 09 Feb 1978
5	Flexible and able to expand
6	Quality of being able to stretch or expand and then return to its original shape
7	They go bananas over bananas New York Times - 07 Sep 1996	New York Times / 07 Sep 1996

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