Rusting Lidless Box Hid A Can Containing Nothing Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
	33%	10		Main inhabitant's lidless coal store placed at angle
	noun • ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
	33%	7		Left good silver in enormous lidless cases, perhaps
	noun • cases used to carry belongings when traveling

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