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1972 Hit For The Spinners Crossword Clue

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33%6 A hit song by Elton John from his 1972 album 'Honky Château'
noun

• any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

• a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

• erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

• propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

• sends a firework display high into the sky

verb

• shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

• propel with a rocket

28%9 With fools at the crease, spinners start to become hit men
noun

• a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

• a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

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New York Times22 Sep 2008 Across 54 ILLBEAROUND
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