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Preserve Key Old Photo Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is TINTYPE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: TINTYPE

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199%7Exact Match!
226%5Photo within a photo
324%8 Bring life to an old-fashioned photo

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "TINTYPE" which means:

    noun
  • • An early, remarkably durable form of photograph (technically a photographic negative), printed on a tin plate, then varnished.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "My grandmother showed me a tintype photograph of her parents."
  • • "The museum has a collection of tintypes from the 19th century."

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The Guardian Cryptic21 Mar 2017 Across 16
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