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Pit Crossword Clue

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noun

• excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted

• explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel

verb

• get from the earth by excavation

• lay mines

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noun

• a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

• United States architect (1902-1978)

• building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose

• United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)

• United States filmmaker (born in 1946)

• material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

• United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)

• a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

• United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)

• an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds

• the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

• a lack of feeling or expression or movement

adjective satellite

• of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

verb

• kill by throwing stones at

• remove the pits from

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noun

• an opening into or through something

• an opening deliberately made in or through something

• one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course

• an unoccupied space

• a depression hollowed out of solid matter

• a fault

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• informal terms for the mouth

verb

• hit the ball into the hole

• make holes in

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Telegraph Cross Atlantic21 Jan 2024 Across 22
New York Times09 Jan 2022 Down 103
Eugene Sheffer21 Apr 2020 Down 41
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