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A Battered Hamper Containing Round Jars Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is AMPHORAE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• A two-handled jar with a narrow neck that was used in ancient times to store or carry wine or oil.

• One of various units for measuring liquid or volume during the Roman Empire, measuring between 18.5 and 39 litres depending on the variant.

• Ancient unit of volume, for the measurement of the internal capacity of a ship.

• In botany, the lower valve of the fruit that opens transversely.

39%10 Widely known as drug jars or pottery jars
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25%9 To hamper or restrict
verb

• compel to behave in a certain way

• to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

• severely restrict in scope or extent

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