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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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