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Item Put On Behind Silks Crossword Clue

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

• (used in the plural) short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey shorts)

30%9 A performer on circus silks
noun

• an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze)

30%6 Wears colorful silks in a race
noun

• someone employed to ride horses in horse races

• an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus

verb

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• compete (for an advantage or a position)

• ride a racehorse as a professional jockey

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