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Poet Novelist And Critic Providing Wild Parties After Midnight Crossword Clue
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GRAVES which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
GRAVES
Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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We think the answer is "GRAVES" which means:
- noun
- • English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985) verb
- • To dig.
- • To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
- • To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
- • To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
- • To entomb; to bury.
- • To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
- • To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The cemetery was filled with rows of graves."
- • "The archaeologists discovered ancient graves during the excavation."
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