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noun • a garment that covers the head and face • a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms • the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) • a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl verb • to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil • make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | ||||||||
| 35% | 7 | Pre-Raphaelite painter of Ophelia | ||||||
noun • Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896) | ||||||||
| 35% | 6 | Inspiration for Shakespeare's character Ophelia | ||||||
noun • any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix • a textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers | ||||||||
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VEIL which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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VEIL
Updated: October 14, 2023
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