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Polecat Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is FERRET which was last seen in the Telegraph Cross Atlantic crossword.
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noun

• musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct

• domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits

verb

• hound or harry relentlessly

• hunt with ferrets

• search and discover through persistent investigation

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noun

• a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

• a defeat in a game where one side fails to score

• street names for marijuana

• American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

verb

• defeat by a lurch

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noun

• dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

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Source #Number Answer
Telegraph Cross Atlantic24 Jan 2023 Across 47
New York Times29 Jun 2010 Down 53
New York Times23 Mar 1988 Across 54
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