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Detectives Tailing A Tart Crossword Clue

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noun

• any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt

• street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

adjective satellite

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• being sour to the taste

• having the characteristics of an acid

31%5Tart, perhaps - or not tart
adjective

• having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

• (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content

• not containing or composed of salt water

noun

• a dish served as the last course of a meal

• English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

• a food rich in sugar

• the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

• the property of tasting as if it contains sugar

adverb

• in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')

adjective satellite

• having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub

• pleasing to the ear

• pleasing to the senses

• pleasing to the mind or feeling

• having a natural fragrance

• not soured or preserved

• with sweetening added

30%6Tailing
noun

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

adverb

• in or to or toward the rear

• remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from

• showing a time that is earlier than the actual time

• in or into an inferior position

• in debt

adjective satellite

• having the lower score or lagging position in a contest

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The Guardian Quiptic21 Jan 2002 Down 6
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