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Sherlocks Lute Playing Breaks Silence Crossword Clue

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noun

• a detective who follows a trail

verb

• watch, observe, or inquire secretly

34%12 A tactic to silence or silence someone
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31%6 Muscles used in playing lute, initially
noun

• One of the several muscles of nates, which arises from a pelvis and inserted into a femur.

• Short for gluteus maximus, the large muscles in the human buttocks.

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