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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 7 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 24% | 6 | Exclamations meaning “to weapons!” originally, later a word for distress/alert signals; or, devices transmitting said warnings, such as bells, clocks, sirens or tocsins | |
3 | 24% | 6 | Sirens | |
Activity Of The Sirens Crossword Clue
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "SNARING" which means:
- noun
- • Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
- • A small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
- • A surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities
- • Strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
- • A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose verb
- • Catch in or as if in a trap
- • Entice and trap
An example sentence would be:
- • "The snaring of wild animals is an illegal activity."
- • "The use of snaring in hunting can be controversial."
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Clue Last Found In...
Source | #Number | Answer |
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New York Times10 Dec 1981 | Down 12 | |
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