Short End Thread Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • a thrumming sound verb • sound with a monotonous hum • sound the strings of (a stringed instrument) • make a rhythmic sound
	30%	3		Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short"
	noun • an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
	25%	10		Requires a top thread and a bobbin thread
	noun • machine stitch in which the top thread interlocks with the bobbin thread

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New York Times17 Apr 1982	Across 49
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