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What To Separate The Wheat From In A Saying Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is CHAFF which was last seen in the New York Times Mini crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: CHAFF

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RankLettersAnswerClue
199%5Exact Match!
232%6Separate the wheat from the chaff
328%14Saying things one doesn't remember saying while asleep

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We think the answer is "CHAFF" which means:

    noun
  • • Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
  • • Foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure
  • verb
  • • Be silly or tease one another

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He blew away the chaff from the wheat using a fan."
  • • "The farmer separated the chaff from the seeds using a winnowing machine."

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