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The Backbone Of A Porcupine Crossword Clue

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

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noun

• the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

33%8 Showing a lack of backbone or backbone
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27%5 Like a porcupine
adjective

• having spines

adjective satellite

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

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The Guardian Cryptic06 Nov 2009 Down 10
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