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Answer for the clue "Where subterranean passages may be in process of construction? ", 9 letters:
under way

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adv. in motion; set in motion; "the ship got under way"

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Under \Un"der\, prep. [AS. under, prep. & adv.; akin to OFries. under, OS. undar, D. onder, G. unter, OHG. untar, Icel. undir, Sw. & Dan. under, Goth. undar, L. infra below, inferior lower, Skr. adhas below. [root]20 Cf. Inferior .] 1. Below or lower, in ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (context idiomatic English) In operation, in progress, commenced. prep.phr. (context idiomatic English) In operation, in progress, commenced.

Usage examples of under way.

World War I, which everyone then was calling the Great War, was under way, he knew.

There might be a tremendous civil war under way on a hundred different battlefields even now, while he, cut off from everything and everyone, plodded southward day by day in solitude through this quiet uninhabited region.

We were under way quickly with the two LCIs moving forward with us for about one mile.

But until the warship was well under way and the sub harmonic drone of her main drive was making his teeth shake in their sockets, he lay on the floor.

In a few days the trawler would arrive at Kwangara and the experiment would get under way.

If you try to sabotage the project once it's under way, the punishment will be stiff.

The truck which had for all practical purposes been looted in the courtyard was just getting under way again.

With the beginning of February the country house was far enough under way for it to be promised for June, and Natalie, the fundamentals of its decoration arranged for, began to haunt old-furniture shops, accompanied always by Rodney.

All this was under way before the mercenaries' commander had time to come over to the welcoming group.

The performing arts, oddly, did not seem to take to the new subject: most of them already had funded work under way, with more upbeat themes.

On the north and south sides trees were being cleared and it looked like a drainage project was under way.