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Black Bishop In Old Cheshire Town Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SABLE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• an artist's brush made of sable hairs

• the expensive dark brown fur of the marten

• a very dark black

• a scarf (or trimming) made of sable

• marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur

adjective satellite

• of a dark somewhat brownish black

38%8 Market town and civil parish in Cheshire
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29%9 Ancient practice whereby a bishop, resigned bishop or some other ecclesiastical person could obtain a benefice in commendam from another
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