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2 | 30% | 3 | Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short" | |
3 | 27% | 8 | Time needed to boil an egg | |
Boil For A Short Time Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "BLANCH" which means:
- verb
- • Turn pale, as if in fear
- • Cook (vegetables) briefly
An example sentence would be:
- • "She blanched the vegetables before cooking them."
- • "The shock made him blanch."
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The Guardian Cryptic -
23 Jan 2012 | The Guardian Cryptic / 23 Jan 2012 |
5 | Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short"
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03 Apr 2024 | New York Times / 03 Apr 2024 |
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08 Jun 2021 | New York Times / 08 Jun 2021 |
7 | The time it takes to boil an egg |
Similar Clues With The Same Answers
Scald vegetables or almonds
Remove the colour from something
Whiten
Go pale
(Of vegetables) cook briefly in boiling water
Scald briefly, then drain
Turn pale, perhaps in fear
Turn pale with shock
Quickly boil; turn pale
Cook briefly in boiling water
From French for “white”, a word meaning to extract colour; to make celery pale through etiolation; or, to plunge almonds, tomatoes etc in boiling water to loosen their skin