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We've checked our database and believe the answer is AMADOU which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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197%6Exact Match!
290%5 A hard, sedimentary form of quartz often used to make tools
390%8 Starting mechanism for a car

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We think the answer is "AMADOU" which means:

    noun
  • • A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The shepherds used amadou to start a fire."
  • • "Hunters often carry amadou in their survival kits."

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New York Times05 Jan 1977 Across 15
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