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Burning Issue Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ASH which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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noun

• the residue that remains when something is burned

• any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

• strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats

verb

• convert into ashes

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noun

• malicious burning to destroy property

26%5 Grub right at the centre of a burning issue
noun

• the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

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