Old Salts Tale Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events • a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving verb • tell or spin a yarn
	31%	12		Can be prepared by reacting iron(III) salts with cyanide salts
	noun • salt of ferricyanic acid obtained by oxidation of a ferrocyanide
	23%	9		Yarns crafted by old salts
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