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Looking Hard Having Lost A Thread Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "STRING" which means:
- noun
- • A lightweight cord
- • Stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- • A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- • A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
- • A linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- • A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- • A tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- • (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- • A collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
- • A necklace made by stringing objects together verb
- • Thread on or as if on a string
- • Add as if on a string
- • Move or come along
- • Stretch out or arrange like a string
- • String together; tie or fasten with a string
- • Remove the stringy parts of
- • Provide with strings
An example sentence would be:
- • "She tied the package with a string."
- • "He plays the guitar with great skill, plucking the strings with precision."
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The Guardian Cryptic01 Nov 2013 | Down 7 | |
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