Spinning Stick First To Break Little Bulb Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is DISTAFF which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: DISTAFF

Updated: October 15, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood

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Rank		Letters	Answer	Clue
1	99%	7		Exact Match!
2	34%	12		Consists of a dry-bulb and wet-bulb thermometer
3	34%	13		Meteorological tools that have a wet-bulb and dry-bulb thermometer

We think the answer is "DISTAFF" which means:

noun

• The sphere of work by women
• The staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning

adjective satellite

• Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

adjective

• Of, relating to, or characteristic of women.
• Of the maternal side of a family.

An example sentence would be:

• "The distaff is a tool used in spinning to hold the unspun fibers."
• "In traditional households, the task of spinning was usually assigned to women and referred to as the distaff side of the family."

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	Clue	Source
1	"Break, Break, Break" poet New York Times - 30 Jul 1977	New York Times / 30 Jul 1977
2	Consists of a dry-bulb and wet-bulb thermometer
3	Meteorological tools that have a wet-bulb and dry-bulb thermometer
4	Spinning about orbits spinning The Guardian Cryptic - 05 Oct 2006	The Guardian Cryptic / 05 Oct 2006
5	Stick? Stick! Stick for concrete The Guardian Cryptic - 29 Aug 2005	The Guardian Cryptic / 29 Aug 2005
6	Stick on which wool is wound before spinning The Guardian Quick - 30 Nov 2011	The Guardian Quick / 30 Nov 2011
7	Tennyson's "Break, Break, Break," e.g. New York Times - 16 Feb 1995	New York Times / 16 Feb 1995

Opposite of spear
Female
Female (side of family)
The sideline of a woman?
The female side
The female side in a family tree
Woman's work for girl employees
Large chap backing female — as female
Rod for flax — not the spear side

Female line
Stick on which wool is wound before spinning
Drives over to workforce of women
Female — rod on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
Wool-spinning spindle
Female duck shaking tail, first to take a dip?
Women's work in underground river in Wales
Female member of police personnel

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