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A Dry Area In The Main Crossword Clue

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

• a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

• a zone or area resembling an island

26%6 Small area off the main area
noun

• a state of abeyance or suspended business

• a small concavity

• an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

• an enclosure that is set back or indented

• a pause from doing something (as work)

verb

• put into a recess

• make a recess in

• close at the end of a session

21%5 Italian word for “dry”, used to refer to a technique of mural painting on dried lime plaster as opposed to fresh or “fresco”; or, dry wine
noun

• A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco.

adjective

• Dry

• Dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance

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The Guardian Cryptic03 Feb 2003 Down 19
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