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Flagpole Rope Crossword Clue

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noun

• a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag

28%8 The sound of a flagpole rope clanging against the pole
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27%6Flagpole ___
noun

• an organism (person or animal) that sits

• Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)

• a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home

• a person who poses for a painter or sculptor

• a domestic hen ready to brood

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New York Times25 Jan 1990 Down 35
New York Times16 Dec 1979 Across 63
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