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Gets Licked Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is LOSES which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: LOSES

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199%5Exact Match!
233%4 Sweet treat licked on hot summer days
333%4 Part that can be licked

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "LOSES" which means:

    verb
  • • Fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
  • • Fail to win
  • • Suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
  • • Miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
  • • Allow to go out of sight or mind
  • • Fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
  • • Fail to get or obtain
  • • Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
  • • Withdraw, as from reality
  • • Be set at a disadvantage

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He loses his keys almost every day."
  • • "She always loses her temper when things don't go her way."

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Clue Last Found In...

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New York Times26 Jul 1997 Across 52
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