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Hit A Pest Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SLUG which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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99%4Exact Match!
noun

• a projectile that is fired from a gun

• a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms

• a counterfeit coin

• an idle slothful person

• an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped

• a strip of type metal used for spacing

• any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell

• (boxing) a blow with the fist

verb

• strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat

• be idle; exist in a changeless situation

30%9 Deliberately hit a flying pest
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23%12 Include both pest and non-pest species
noun

• fruit flies; some leaf miners

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The Guardian Cryptic18 Jul 2007 Across 12
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