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1 | 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 30% | 6 | Small game birds with short tail feathers | |
3 | 24% | 5 | Tail's tail, at times | |
Small Birds Tail Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "STERN" which means:
- noun
- • The rear part of a ship
- • United states concert violinist (born in russia in 1920)
- • The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on adjective satellite
- • Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
- • Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
- • Severe and unremitting in making demands
- • Severely simple adjective
- • Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
- • Grim and forbidding in appearance.
An example sentence would be:
- • "He gave me a stern warning not to be late again."
- • "My teacher has a stern expression when she's unhappy with our work."
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The Guardian Cryptic16 Mar 2001 | Down 24 | |
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