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1 | 99% | 4 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 37% | 10 | Strand by strand, it grows | |
3 | 35% | 6 | A thin piece of wire or thread | |
Thin Strand Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "WISP" which means:
- noun
- • A small tuft or lock
- • A small person
- • A small bundle of straw or hay
- • A flock of snipe verb
- • To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
- • To rumple.
- • To produce a wisp, as of smoke.
An example sentence would be:
- • "A wisp of smoke rose from the campfire."
- • "She blew a wisp of hair away from her face."
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Telegraph Cross Atlantic20 Aug 2023 | Across 35 | |
The Guardian Quick28 Nov 2012 | Across 16 | |
New York Times19 Feb 1997 | Down 1 | |
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1 | A fine strand of embroidery silk, filoselle, floss, genappe, purl, zari or other yarn for needlecraft; one of the filaments of a spider’s web; or, alluding to the destiny spun by the Fates, the course of one’s life
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21 Oct 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 21 Oct 2023 |
2 | Expression of regret after car races on the Strand
The Guardian Cryptic -
19 Jan 2010 | The Guardian Cryptic / 19 Jan 2010 |
3 | From French for “beach”, a fashionable example of said strand; or, a bright patch surrounding a sunspot in the chromosphere
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
17 Jun 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 17 Jun 2023 |
4 | Strand, in a way
New York Times -
15 Nov 2002 | New York Times / 15 Nov 2002 |
5 | Strand by strand, it grows | |
6 | Thin strand of pasta
The Guardian Quick -
10 Aug 2004 | The Guardian Quick / 10 Aug 2004 |
7 | Type of DNA replication in which one strand of the original DNA molecule is conserved in each new complementary strand |