Ravenous Beast At Sea Swallows Copper Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	99%	6		Exact Match!
	noun • migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae • hardwood from any of various locust trees • any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
	30%	10		Sometimes called 'the swallows of the sea'
	noun • common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumage
	27%	11		Transformation of copper into copper oxide
	noun • the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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The Guardian Cryptic01 Jul 2003	Across 9
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