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Iris Requires Fine Adjustment Of Slide Rule Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is FLEURDELIS which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

• (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris

34%8 A quick and smooth slide down a playground slide
noun

• (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet

verb

• perform a glissade, in ballet

32%13 One of the several iris species with the common name 'Japanese iris'
noun

• iris native to Japan having large showy flowers

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The Guardian Cryptic31 Mar 2009 Across 11
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