Fingerprint Ridge Crossword Clue

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	noun • a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) • lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl • a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
	37%	11		Unique identifier left on surfaces by friction-ridge skin
	noun • a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations • a generic term for any identifying characteristic • a smudge made by a (dirty) finger verb • take an impression of a person's fingerprints
	30%	6		A keel-like ridge or structure, such as the ridge on the breastbone of a bird
	noun • any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom • a keel-shaped constellation in the Southern Hemisphere; contains the star Canopus

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	Clue	Source
1	A keel-like ridge or structure, such as the ridge on the breastbone of a bird
2	Central fingerprint ridge New York Times - 15 Aug 1993	New York Times / 15 Aug 1993
3	Curved fingerprint ridge
4	Designed like a fingerprint New York Times - 27 Nov 1984	New York Times / 27 Nov 1984
5	Exam that once required fingerprint identification, for short New York Times - 26 Dec 2021	New York Times / 26 Dec 2021
6	Fingerprint New York Times - 19 Jul 1980	New York Times / 19 Jul 1980
7	Smartphone alternative to a fingerprint scan New York Times - 11 Mar 2021	New York Times / 11 Mar 2021

"Let's give it a ___!" (fingerprinter's pun)
Convolution
Spiral
Central fingerprint ridge
Spindle part
Thumbprint feature
Convolution eg in the ear

Pattern for a forensic scientist
Fingerprint shape
Spiral pattern
Fingerprint part
Word for a spindle’s flywheel or wharve originally, later a pattern of concentric circles; a single convolution in a spiral shell; a radial arrangement of petals or leaves; or, a gyre or swirl in a fingerprint
Fingerprint pattern?

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