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Childs Game Not Something One Wants To Lose Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is MARBLES which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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199%7Exact Match!
228%7To lose sight of or lose track of
327%14 A lose-lose scenario

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We think the answer is "MARBLES" which means:

    noun
  • • A children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
  • • The basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
  • verb
  • • To cause (something to have) the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example by mixing viscous ingredients incompletely, or by applying paint or other colorants unevenly.
  • • To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants.
  • • To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.
  • • (of meat, especially beef) to become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.
  • • (by extension) to lace or be laced throughout.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She won a bag of colorful marbles at the fair."
  • • "The children were playing marbles in the park."

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