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noun • dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking | ||||||||
| 21% | 13 | One who studies past human life through excavation and analysis of artefacts | ||||||
noun • an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture | ||||||||
| 21% | 3 | Excavation | ||||||
noun • the site of an archeological exploration • an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect • a small gouge (as in the cover of a book) • the act of digging • the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow verb • turn up, loosen, or remove earth • create by digging • work hard • remove, harvest, or recover by digging • thrust down or into • remove the inner part or the core of • poke or thrust abruptly • get the meaning of something | ||||||||
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SPADEWORK which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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SPADEWORK
Updated: October 14, 2023
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