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Rocks Found In Prospectors Sieves Crossword Clue

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

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199%7Exact Match!
235%4 They're found in prospectors' sectors
332%7Sieves found in the mouths of toothless whales

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "CRADLES" which means:

    noun
  • • A baby bed with sides and rockers
  • • Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
  • • Birth of a person
  • • A trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
  • verb
  • • Hold gently and carefully
  • • Bring up from infancy
  • • Hold or place in or as if in a cradle
  • • Cut grain with a cradle scythe
  • • Wash in a cradle
  • • Run with the stick

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The museum displayed antique cradles from different centuries."
  • • "She cradles the newborn baby in her arms."

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Clue Last Found In...

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The Guardian Cryptic21 Jun 2004 Across 14
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