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Control Of Stove Wet Blanket Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is DAMPER which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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199%6Exact Match!
232%15 They may use wet-on-wet or wet-on-dry techniques
329%10Wet blanket

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "DAMPER" which means:

    noun
  • • A movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
  • • A device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
  • • A depressing restraint
  • adjective
  • • In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
  • • Despondent; dispirited, downcast.
  • • Permitting the possession of alcoholic beverages, but not their sale.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She closed the damper to keep the smoke from escaping the fireplace."
  • • "The rain put a damper on our plans for a picnic."

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