Mackerel Bait Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines • small herring processed like a sardine
	42%	10		Group that includes king mackerel and Spanish mackerel
	noun • important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
	36%	8		Commonly used as bait in fishing
	noun • flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish • any of various fishes of the family Scombridae

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The Guardian Cryptic04 Oct 2010	Across 17
The Guardian Quick22 Jun 2006	Down 13
The Guardian Quick27 Aug 1999	Across 13
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