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99% | 7 | Exact Match! | ||||||
noun • one celestial body obscures another verb • be greater in significance than • cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention | ||||||||
30% | 6 | Point, point, point, point then led all over the place | ||||||
noun • the leaf of a conifer • a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument • a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) • a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record verb • annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism • prick with a needle | ||||||||
27% | 5 | Prunes a plant | ||||||
noun • (plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal | ||||||||
Obscure Point Repeated About Prunes Crossword Clue
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ECLIPSE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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ECLIPSE
Updated: October 14, 2023
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