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Prune Formerly Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PLUM which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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199%4Exact Match!
224%4Formerly formerly
324%9Formerly, formerly

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We think the answer is "PLUM" which means:

    noun
  • • Any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
  • • Any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
  • • A highly desirable position or assignment
  • adverb
  • • Exactly
  • • Completely; used as intensifiers
  • adjective
  • • Of a dark bluish-red colour.
  • • Choice; especially lavish or preferred.
  • • Plumb
  • verb
  • • To plumb.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She bit into the juicy plum and savored its sweet taste."
  • • "The basket was filled with ripe plums."

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New York Times19 Oct 1998 Down 3
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