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1 | 99% | 4 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 24% | 7 | They anchor the offensive and defensive lines | |
3 | 21% | 9 | Creating an offensive capability from a non-offensive item | |
Offensive Lines Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "SMUT" which means:
- noun
- • A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
- • Destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
- • Any fungus of the order ustilaginales
- • An offensive or indecent word or phrase
- • Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire verb
- • Make obscene
- • Stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
- • Become affected with smut
- • Affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
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