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noun • A metal cup, suspended from a pole and filled with burning pitch etc; once used as portable illumination. • (coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. | ||||||||
| 44% | 9 | A floating aid to navigation, usually anchored, with a beacon or lighted beacon | ||||||
noun • a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable | ||||||||
| 29% | 9 | Pole to pole | ||||||
adjective • related to or along a diameter adjective satellite • characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed | ||||||||
Beacon Mounted On A Pole
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CRESSET which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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CRESSET
Updated: October 11, 2023
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1 | A floating aid to navigation, usually anchored, with a beacon or lighted beacon | |
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The Guardian Quick -
21 May 2019 | The Guardian Quick / 21 May 2019 |
3 | Conspicuous beacon
The Guardian Everyman -
10 Jan 2010 | The Guardian Everyman / 10 Jan 2010 |
4 | Includes a movable pole representing the celestial pole | |
5 | Outside hotel, is able to adjust this beacon
The Guardian Cryptic -
01 Apr 2015 | The Guardian Cryptic / 01 Apr 2015 |
6 | Torch mounted on a pole
New York Times Bonus -
01 May 2007 | New York Times Bonus / 01 May 2007 |
7 | Type of beacon, named after British politician
The Guardian Quick -
22 Aug 2001 | The Guardian Quick / 22 Aug 2001 |
