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Extract From A Book Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PERICOPE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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noun

• A section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech.

• A passage of Scripture to be read in public worship or a book containing such passages.

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verb

• take out or up with or as if with a scoop

29%7 Passage taken from book etc
noun

• a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

• a passage selected from a larger work

verb

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• get despite difficulties or obstacles

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• extract by the process of distillation

• separate (a metal) from an ore

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

• calculate the root of a number

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Source #Number Answer
New York Times09 Apr 1993 Down 9
New York Times05 Oct 1991 Across 17
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