| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| REBUFFED | Rejected brusquely, as an advance |
| epicureanism | An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods |
| PREWARM | Heat in advance, as an oven |
| PREELECT | Choose in advance, as an unopposed candidate |
| PREBOARD | Get on in advance, as an airplane |
| presale | sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers |
