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One Is Taken Up In This Rescue Operation Crossword Clue

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noun

• transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

verb

• fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means

31%7 Trouble with fight breaking out? Rescue operation needed
noun

• A rescue, especially a financial rescue.

• The process of exiting an aircraft while in flight.

• (underwater diving) A backup supply of air in scuba diving.

30%12 Hey, rescue Bob! (anag) — marine rescue apparatus
noun

• a life buoy in the form of a ring with short breeches for support; used to transfer people from a ship

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The Guardian Cryptic07 Jan 2003 Down 18
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