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Some Are Knotty Crossword Clue

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noun

• a coniferous tree

• straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus

verb

• have a desire for something or someone who is not present

29%6 Like some pines
adjective satellite

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

• highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

• tangled in knots or snarls

23%4Knotty growth
noun

• the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer

• a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree

• soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

verb

• remove the burls from cloth

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New York Times27 Sep 1981 Down 54
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