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Cockscomb Crossword Clue

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

• the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• the center of a cambered road

• (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet

• a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal

verb

• lie at the top of

• reach a high point

90%4 A tool used for styling hair
noun

• a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair

• the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

• any of several tools for straightening fibers

• ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

• the act of drawing a comb through hair

verb

• straighten with a comb

• search thoroughly

• smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

90%7 Hairstyle often worn with traditional Japanese kimono
noun

• headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hair

• showy crest or knot of hair or feathers

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Source #Number Answer
New York Times25 Dec 1989 Across 69
New York Times18 Mar 1982 Down 30
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