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99% | 9 | Exact Match! | ||||||
noun • a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe) | ||||||||
32% | 6 | Very fancy, Lumley — no end of fancy paper | ||||||
noun • a heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment • fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb | ||||||||
30% | 10 | Trimmed with fancy braid | ||||||
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Trimmed Some Paper Fancy Crossword Clue
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PIPEDREAM which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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PIPEDREAM
Updated: October 14, 2023
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