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noun • dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking | ||||||||
| 31% | 11 | Involving preparation or preliminary work | ||||||
adjective satellite • preceding and preparing for something | ||||||||
| 31% | 10 | Provided with a preliminary preparation | ||||||
verb • To give something a treatment prior to another operation adjective • That has been subject to pretreatment | ||||||||
Preliminary Preparation Crossword Clue
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SPADEWORK which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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SPADEWORK
Updated: October 13, 2023
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| The Guardian Quick25 Jul 2023 | Down 11 | |
| New York Times10 Apr 1991 | Down 10 | |
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