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Game With Matches Crossword Clue

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noun

• an elderly unmarried woman

• any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads

• commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

• the loser in a game of old maid

• a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')

25%9 The main goal is to make as many matches as possible
noun

• an international championship match

23%3 Takeaway game with matches
noun

• game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table

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