Stinger Used To Be Soft Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting • a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
	24%	11		Females have a stinger used for defense
	noun • bumblebees
	24%	8		Referring to an insect or arachnid with a stinger or sharp spines
	adjective • having or resembling a stinger or barb

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Source	#Number	Answer
The Guardian Cryptic08 Jan 2007	Down 3
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