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16 With Shorts Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is BOXER which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: BOXER

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199%5Exact Match!
238%6 See 16
321%6 Poetic pattern with a long syllable followed by two shorts

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "BOXER" which means:

    noun
  • • Someone who fights with his fists for sport
  • • A member of a nationalistic chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in china
  • • A workman employed to pack things into containers
  • • A breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in germany

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He is a professional boxer."
  • • "She trains as a boxer every day."

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Clue Last Found In...

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The Guardian Cryptic26 Jul 2012 Across 13
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