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1 | 99% | 7 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 33% | 12 | Polishing or polishing delicately, as an object | |
3 | 27% | 7 | Feature of vessel on lake is excellent, excellent! | |
Excellent Polishing Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "SHINING" which means:
- noun
- • The work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it adjective satellite
- • Marked by exceptional merit
- • Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
- • Reflecting light verb
- • To emit light.
- • To reflect light.
- • To distinguish oneself; to excel.
- • To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
- • To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
- • To be immediately apparent.
- • To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
- • To cause to shine, as a light.
- • To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
- • To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
- • To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing. adjective
- • Emitting light.
- • Reflecting light.
- • Having a high polish or sheen.
- • Having exceptional merit.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The shining sun cast a warm glow on the beach."
- • "The little girl wore a shining tiara on her head."
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The Guardian Cryptic16 Mar 2017 | Across 7 | |
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