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adjective • characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks adjective satellite • quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | ||||||||
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noun • a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty | ||||||||
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noun • A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise. • Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer. • The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest. • In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition. • A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers. • Vertebrate adjective • In blazon, of the colour green. | ||||||||
Painstaking Cover Up It Protects Dope Crossword Clue
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DILIGENT which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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DILIGENT
Updated: October 14, 2023
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3 | Dope | |
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