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A Natural Hanger On In A Manner Of Speaking Crossword Clue

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noun

• United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836)

• seed vessel having hooks or prickles

• rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting

• rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece

• small bit used in dentistry or surgery

verb

• remove the burrs from

30%10A natural hanger-on, Wally gets to blow the whistle
noun

• Any of various grasses, sometimes used as food for geese, principally in genus Eleusine.

• Any of several grasses, sedges, and annual herbs.

29%10A natural hanger-on, Wally gets to blow the whistle
noun

• annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia

• low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States; Europe; Asia

• annual weedy grass used for hay

• coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere

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