Slippage Preventer Crossword Clue

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	noun • a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping • a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured • a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached verb • provide with cleats • secure on a cleat
	35%	6		Anti-slippage substances
	noun • any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules verb • rub rosin onto
	33%	15		Site of slippage ... both geographically and in this puzzle
	noun • a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes

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New York Times15 Aug 1999	Down 86
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