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Pulls Over As A Speeder Crossword Clue

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199%5Exact Match!
242%9A speeder-upper
325%10 One who pulls the wool over others' eyes

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We think the answer is "STOPS" which means:

    noun
  • • A gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
  • verb
  • • To cease moving.
  • • To not continue.
  • • To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
  • • To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
  • • To cause (something) to come to an end.
  • • To close or block an opening.
  • • (often with "up" or "down") to adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
  • • To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
  • • To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
  • • To punctuate.
  • • To make fast; to stopper.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He stops the car abruptly to avoid hitting the pedestrian."
  • • "She stops by the bakery every morning to buy fresh bread."

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