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One Held In A Trap Crossword Clue

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noun

• any shape that is triangular in cross section

• a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

• a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation

• a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe

• (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole

• something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them

• a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object

verb

• put, fix, force, or implant

• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

23%6 Rat artist's dropped as held in trap
noun

• (old-fashioned slang) a bad person

16%7 Can trap bacteria and viruses
adjective

• relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue

noun

• a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)

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