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Deteriorates By Use Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is WEARS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: WEARS

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199%5Exact Match!
226%6Deteriorates
326%9 Lively jester, OAP, deteriorates

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "WEARS" which means:

    noun
  • • Impairment resulting from long use
  • • A covering designed to be worn on a person's body
  • • The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
  • verb
  • • Be dressed in
  • • Have on one's person
  • • Have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality
  • • Deteriorate through use or stress
  • • Have or show an appearance of
  • • Last and be usable
  • • Go to pieces
  • • Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
  • • Put clothing on one's body

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She wears a red dress to the party."
  • • "He wears glasses to improve his vision."

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New York Times02 Oct 1987 Across 67
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