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Working Rep Got In A Muddle Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is OPERATING which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: OPERATING

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199%9Exact Match!
239%2 Opposite of 'rep' in the gym
339%7 Sales rep

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "OPERATING" which means:

    adjective
  • • Involved in a kind of operation
  • adjective satellite
  • • Being in effect or operation
  • verb
  • • To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
  • • To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially to take appropriate effect on the human system.
  • • To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
  • • To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
  • • To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
  • • To produce, as an effect; to cause.
  • • To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The operating room is equipped with state-of-the-art technology."
  • • "The operating system of my computer crashed."

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The Guardian Cryptic21 Sep 2000 Down 6
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