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Separate As Flour Or Ashes Crossword Clue

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verb

• move as if through a sieve

• separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

• check and sort carefully

• distinguish and separate out

34%9Ashes to ashes, __ to __
noun

• the incineration of a dead body

34%13Ashes to ashes, ___ to ___
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