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noun • venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood | ||||||||
| 31% | 6 | Slippery covering on a slippery dip | ||||||
noun • any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods • a glossy finish on a fabric • a coating for ceramics, metal, etc. verb • coat with a glaze • become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance • furnish with glass • coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze | ||||||||
| 27% | 3 | Slippery character not first in list | ||||||
noun • the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled • voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins | ||||||||
British Company First To Encounter A Slippery Character Crossword Clue
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COBRA which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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COBRA
Updated: October 14, 2023
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