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noun • an advantageous purchase • a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch) verb • take without the owner's consent • move stealthily • steal a base | ||||||||
| 35% | 4 | What thieves do – what policemen do to thieves | ||||||
noun • an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) • (British slang) a prison • a small cut verb • cut slightly, with a razor • cut a nick into • divide or reset the tail muscles of • mate successfully; of livestock | ||||||||
| 34% | 4 | Number of thieves in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | ||||||
adjective satellite • the ordinal number of forty in counting order | ||||||||
Fictional Inspector Points Out Thieves Crossword Clue
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STEALS which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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STEALS
Updated: October 14, 2023
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