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Before Getting This Bearings Start To Be Heated Crossword Clue

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adjective

• treated with oil

31%9Getting your bearings
adjective

• positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually

31%13Getting one's bearings again
verb

• orient once again, after a disorientation

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The Guardian Cryptic01 Feb 2001 Down 6
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