Fishline Sinker Crossword Clue

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	noun • the metal bob of a plumb line adverb • completely; used as intensifiers • conforming to the direction of a plumb line • exactly adjective satellite • exactly vertical verb • measure the depth of something • weight with lead • examine thoroughly and in great depth • adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
	36%	8		Requires a heavy sinker
	noun • a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right
	36%	11		Goes for any bait, hook, line, and sinker
	noun • tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived

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Source	#Number	Answer
New York Times26 Mar 1978	Across 31
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