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Deteriorates By Use Crossword Clue

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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

25%6Deteriorates
verb

• become ground down or deteriorate

• remove soil or rock

25%9 Lively jester, OAP, deteriorates
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New York Times02 Oct 1987 Across 67
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