The term 'MADE A SUGGESTION' can be broken down into three crossword solutions: PROPOSED (8 letters), HINTED (6 letters), and PUTABUGINONESEAR (16 letters). PROPOSED means to suggest something for consideration, HINTED implies to suggest something in an indirect way, and PUTABUGINONESEAR is an idiom meaning to make a suggestion in a subtle way. All three of these terms refer to the act of making a suggestion or offering an idea.