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We've checked our database and believe the answer is HOOK which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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99%4Exact Match!
noun

• a catch for locking a door

• a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

• anything that serves as an enticement

• a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

• a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

• a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent

• a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

verb

• fasten with a hook

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

• hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

• take by theft

• make off with belongings of others

• hit with a hook

• catch with a hook

• to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

• secure with the foot

• entice and trap

• approach with an offer of sexual favors

26%6Bent or shaped metal
noun

• a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging

verb

• form metals with a swage

26%3Metal that "cries" when bent
noun

• a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide

• a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking

• metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour

• airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

verb

• plate with tin

• preserve in a can or tin

• prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface

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The Guardian Quick14 Apr 2005 Across 21
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