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Choice Was First Preserved Crossword Clue
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We've checked our database and believe the answer is
PICKLED which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
PICKLED
Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "PICKLED" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • (used of foods) preserved in a pickling liquid verb
- • To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
- • To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.
- • (in the python programming language) to serialize.
- • To pour brine over a person after flogging them, as a method of punishment.
- • To eat sparingly.
- • To pilfer. adjective
- • Preserved by pickling.
- • Drunk.
An example sentence would be:
- • "I love eating pickled cucumbers with my sandwiches."
- • "We visited a pickled herring factory during our trip to sweden."
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Clue Last Found In...
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| The Guardian Cryptic13 Apr 2012 | Across 5 | |
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