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Crude But Effective Crossword Clue

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99%13Exact Match!
adjective satellite

• crude but effective for the purpose at hand

95%7Exact Match!
adjective

• Sloppy, hasty, shoddy, or inelegant

29%7Crude metal with crude definition of copper to decrease?
noun

• crude iron tapped from a blast furnace

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The Guardian Quick17 Sep 2019 Across 1
The Guardian Quick21 Jan 2015 Across 14
The Guardian Quick16 Sep 2010 Down 3
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