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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 | ||||||||
| 31% | 7 | Escaped horses | ||||||
noun • A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly. • A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual. • (flour milling) A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour. • A person who sifts flour or meal. • (petroleum refining) A filter mechanism. • An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory. • (horseracing) A horse that wins at long odds. • In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success. • A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee. • A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing. • A kind of fishing line; a boulter. verb • To smear or become smeared with a grimy substance • To sift or filter through a sieve or bolter. • To fish using a bolter. • To pound rapidly. • (of a whale) To swim or turn sideways while eating. • To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by approaching at the wrong angle, thereby missing the tailhook wires. | ||||||||
| 31% | 6 | Horse breed descended from escaped or abandoned domestic horses | ||||||
noun • A wild or feral horse. | ||||||||
Black Horses First Of Three Having Escaped Crossword Clue
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SABLE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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SABLE
Updated: October 14, 2023
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