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| 28% | 5 | Apt to wear pastel-colored clothing and pearls | ||||||
adjective • Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike. • Infested with wasps. • Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture. | ||||||||
Apt Phrase Describes Party Wear Crossword Clue
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PAPERHATS which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
PAPERHATS
Updated: October 14, 2023
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| The Guardian Cryptic23 Dec 2013 | Down 14 | PAPERHATS |
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