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We've checked our database and believe the answer is
SCISSORS which was last seen in the The Guardian Quiptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
SCISSORS
Updated: October 15, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "SCISSORS" which means:
- noun
- • An edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades
- • A wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze
- • A gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move verb
- • To cut using, or as if using, scissors.
- • To excise or expunge something from a text.
- • To reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy.
- • To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.
- • (sex) to engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
- • To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She used the scissors to cut the paper."
- • "My grandmother gave me a beautiful pair of scissors."
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| The Guardian Quiptic19 Oct 2009 | Across 4 | |
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