River Given To Another Backing Onto A Third Crossword Clue

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	noun • a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay • term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.
	29%	11		Setter's at work, doubled up, backing onto cool, filthy beasts
	noun • massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
	29%	8		Top horse backing onto tail of awfully large rodent
	noun • pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent

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