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Excavations Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "DIGS" which means:
- noun
- • An excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology
- • Temporary living quarters verb
- • To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. more generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
- • To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
- • To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- • To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
- • To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
- • To thrust; to poke.
- • To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
- • To understand or show interest in.
- • To appreciate, or like.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She digs a hole in the backyard to plant flowers."
- • "My dog digs up the yard looking for buried bones."
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Telegraph Cross Atlantic20 Jun 2023 | Down 59 | |
Telegraph Cross Atlantic25 Jan 2023 | Down 21 | |
New York Times16 Apr 1989 | Across 110 | |
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