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Lockup Unit Crossword Clue

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

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199%4Exact Match!
225%10Lockup
325%8Lockup resident

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We think the answer is "CELL" which means:

    noun
  • • Any small compartment
  • • (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
  • • A device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
  • • A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
  • • A hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
  • • Small room in which a monk or nun lives
  • • A room where a prisoner is kept
  • verb
  • • To place or enclose in a cell.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He was placed in a jail cell."
  • • "She observed the cell under a microscope."

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New York Times20 Jun 1982 Across 42
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