Cutting Hedges Optional Sense Avoiding The Thorny Bits Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	adjective satellite • tending to select; characterized by careful choice • characterized by very careful or fastidious selection
	33%	6		Thorny — cutting
	adjective satellite • capable of wounding • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
	31%	10		A thorny evergreen shrub often used for hedges
	noun • any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries

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