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1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 33% | 7 | Tricky ... or a tricky description of 18-, 29-, 36-, 48- and 59-Across | |
3 | 29% | 6 | Describing a bar — describing a car | |
Tricky Describing Wading Bird Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "KNOTTY" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
- • Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
- • Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
- • Tangled in knots or snarls adjective
- • Full of knots.
- • Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The old sailor taught me how to untangle knotty ropes."
- • "Solving this knotty math problem requires advanced calculus."
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The Guardian Cryptic07 Aug 2020 | Down 21 | |
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