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Rubbish Duster It Is Rotten Crossword Clue

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noun

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

• loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks

32%4 What a feather duster picks up
noun

• fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

• free microscopic particles of solid material

verb

• remove the dust from

• rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape

• cover with a light dusting of a substance

• distribute loosely

32%9 Feather-duster worm
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The Guardian Cryptic04 Mar 2024 Down 16
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