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What Mrs Sprat Avoided Crossword Clue

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adjective

• lacking excess flesh

• lacking in mineral content or combustible material

noun

• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical

adjective satellite

• containing little excess

• not profitable or prosperous

verb

• to incline or bend from a vertical position

• cause to lean or incline

• have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

• rely on for support

• cause to lean to the side

44%14 Author who wrote 'The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine'
noun

• United States writer (1834-1902)

34%9 Typically sourced from herring or sprat
noun

• minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole

• the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts

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New York Times08 Nov 1979 Across 44
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