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noun • a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry • synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy | ||||||||
| 44% | 11 | Discovered the Des Plaines River in present-day Illinois | ||||||
noun • French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700) | ||||||||
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noun • large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters • large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil | ||||||||
Moines Or Plaines Preceder Crossword Clue
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DES which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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DES
Updated: October 10, 2023
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| New York Times01 Jan 1989 | Across 27 | |
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1 | Article with Moines or Plaines
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02 Apr 1980 | New York Times / 02 Apr 1980 |
2 | Discovered the Des Plaines River in present-day Illinois | |
3 | Plaines or Moines
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06 Jul 1980 | New York Times / 06 Jul 1980 |
4 | Preceder of uno | |
5 | _____ Plaines
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03 Jan 1994 | New York Times / 03 Jan 1994 |
6 | _____ Plaines, III.
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24 May 1994 | New York Times / 24 May 1994 |
7 | _____ Plaines, Ill.
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