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Pits Crossword Clue

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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

96%5Exact Match!
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 small hard fruit

• a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

• one of the outstanding players in a tournament

• anything that provides inspiration for later work

• the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

verb

• go to seed; shed seeds

• help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

• bear seeds

• place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

• distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds

• sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain

• inoculate with microorganisms

• remove the seeds from

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New York Times11 Jan 2009 Down 29
New York Times04 May 2000 Across 54
New York Times23 Feb 1995 Down 3
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