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A Bit Of A Racket In Pearls And Horses Crossword Clue

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

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199%6Exact Match!
236%10A racket used in an early racket sport
329%12 Growing bit by bit

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "STRING" which means:

    noun
  • • A lightweight cord
  • • Stringed instruments that are played with a bow
  • • A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
  • • A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
  • • A linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
  • • A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
  • • A tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
  • • (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
  • • A collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
  • • A necklace made by stringing objects together
  • verb
  • • Thread on or as if on a string
  • • Add as if on a string
  • • Move or come along
  • • Stretch out or arrange like a string
  • • String together; tie or fasten with a string
  • • Remove the stringy parts of
  • • Provide with strings

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She tied the package with a string."
  • • "He plays the guitar with great skill, plucking the strings with precision."

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The Guardian Cryptic03 Dec 2007 Across 10
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