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Used A Shovel Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is DUG which was last seen in the New York Times Mini crossword.
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99%3Exact Match!
noun

• an udder or breast or teat

95%6Exact Match!
noun

• the site of an archeological exploration

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)

• the act of digging

• the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow

verb

• turn up, loosen, or remove earth

• create by digging

• work hard

• remove, harvest, or recover by digging

• thrust down or into

• remove the inner part or the core of

• poke or thrust abruptly

• get the meaning of something

29%10 Gardening tool used for digging small holes
noun

• a shovel that is operated by hand

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