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noun • a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey | ||||||||
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noun • an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect • the pointed part of barbed wire • a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove • one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather verb • provide with barbs | ||||||||
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noun • a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock • a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail • an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish | ||||||||
Fish Hook
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TALON which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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TALON
Updated: October 11, 2023
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| Source | #Number | Answer |
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| New York Times26 Mar 2015 | Down 49 | |
| The Guardian Cryptic25 Nov 2009 | Across 21 | |
| New York Times09 Jul 2000 | Across 84 | |
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