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Fool About With Saltpetre Crossword Clue

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noun

• (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive

24%10 Appropriateness of using old coins to take back saltpetre
noun

• relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand

24%4 Ash, say, from saltpetre explosion
noun

• English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)

• a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

• a figure that branches from a single root

verb

• force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

• plant with trees

• chase an animal up a tree

• stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree

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