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A Ragamuffin Or Tatterdemalion Old Word For A Hedgehog Or A Spiny Globular Echinoderm Of The Sea Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is URCHIN which was last seen in the Telegraph Herculis crossword.
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99%6Exact Match!
noun

• poor and often mischievous city child

75%9Echinoderm with a thin spiny globular shell
noun

• shallow-water echinoderms having soft bodies enclosed in thin spiny globular shells

44%6Word derived from French meaning 'ragamuffin'
noun

• drug (trade name Lorfan) that is related to morphine but that counteracts the respiratory depression produced by morphine poisoning but without affecting its analgesic effects

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Telegraph Herculis03 Apr 2023 Down 20
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