Cricket Side All Padded Up For The Opening Attack Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	99%	5		Exact Match!
	noun • the beginning or early stages • (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
	30%	7		Padded side to a chair
	noun • a support for the arm
	29%	5		Football side, not cricket side, to turn inside out
	noun • United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954) verb • turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward

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The Guardian Cryptic31 May 2007	Down 3
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