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Brilliant Companion Has A Stiffener Crossword Clue

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noun

• a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles

• a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

verb

• stiffen with starch

42%8A horizontal timber, strut or stiffener across a framework
noun

• a member of a squad on a team

• a worker who strings

• brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull

• a long horizontal timber to connect uprights

42%8 Once used as a fabric stiffener
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The Guardian Cryptic07 Oct 2011 Across 10
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