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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 4 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 26% | 9 | The flag or flags officers entitled to fly their flag in a naval fleet or squadron | |
3 | 26% | 10 | Famous for the Bennington Flag, an early American flag | |
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We think the answer is "IRIS" which means:
- noun
- • Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- • Muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye
- • Diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening verb
- • (of an aperture, lens or door) to open or close in the manner of an iris.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The iris is the national flower of france."
- • "My grandmother has a beautiful iris garden."
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The Guardian Cryptic02 Aug 2005 | Down 7 | |
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