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Tars Crossword Clue

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noun

• implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion

• cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors

verb

• wash with a swab or a mop

• apply (usually a liquid) to a surface

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noun

• A sailor accustomed to the sea.

• A pirate.

• A seal. (marine mammal)

• A charge resembling the talbot but with scales, webbed feet and a broad tail.

• A dogfish.

• An omen of bad luck.

• A white-topped wave in an estuary.

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noun

• negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons

• a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

• white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

• the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

adjective satellite

• (of speech) painful or bitter

verb

• add salt to

• sprinkle as if with salt

• add zest or liveliness to

• preserve with salt

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New York Times29 Jul 2005 Down 52
New York Times19 Sep 2002 Across 70
New York Times26 Apr 1998 Down 76
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