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| 30% | 6 | A cloth or brush used to remove chalk marks from a blackboard | ||||||
noun • a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand • a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles • a piece of cloth used for dusting • a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter | ||||||||
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Straying Miners Made Chalk Marks For Workers To Follow Crossword Clue
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HAMMERANDSICKLE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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HAMMERANDSICKLE
Updated: October 14, 2023
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1 | A rectangular pad used to wipe away chalk marks | |
2 | Food, such as Comté or Vacherin Mont d’Or, made in fruitières from the milk of French Simmental cows; or, the idiomatic opposite of “chalk”
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3 | Gave up right to stop deer straying
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16 Mar 2004 | The Guardian Cryptic / 16 Mar 2004 |
4 | Highway feature to stop livestock straying
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24 Jul 2021 | The Guardian Quick / 24 Jul 2021 |
5 | Named after the Latin word for 'chalk', due to the high amount of chalk deposits | |
6 | Straying partner, topless, putting it about
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30 Sep 2015 | The Guardian Cryptic / 30 Sep 2015 |
7 | Workers in chalk
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28 Jan 2000 | New York Times / 28 Jan 2000 |
