Crosswords 2 Flashcards
(198 cards)
1
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Second largest city of New Zealand’s South Island
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Dunedin
2
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Settle securely
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Ensconce
3
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Cowboy hat
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Stetson
4
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Preoccupation with things which please the senses
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Sensuality
5
Q
Deep colour between green and indigo
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Royal Blue
6
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One who allocates weights to be carried by racehorses
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Handicapper
7
Q
Successful ‘Australia II’ skipper in 1983 America’s Cup
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John Bertrand
8
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Dutch dancer and WWI secret agent
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Mata Hari
9
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Native of Guantanamo eg
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Cuban
10
Q
Deciduous tree of northern hemisphere
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Alder
11
Q
Narrow sea inlet between cliffs
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Fjord
12
Q
Engraved gemstone
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Cameo
13
Q
Tiny reproductive body of plant
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Ovule
14
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Quality of having rational, consistent speech
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Coherence
15
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Passenger vehicle
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Omnibus
16
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Synonym of the adjective ‘musical’
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Melodious
17
Q
Glue-like filler used on paper and cloth, eg
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Sizing
18
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Major Chilean city
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Santiago
19
Q
Bosporous inlet
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Golden horn
20
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Polynesian kingdom
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Tonga
21
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Black Sea port
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Odessa
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West Indian state
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Goa
23
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Dublin’s nation
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Eire
24
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Northern Ireland county
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Armagh
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River bordering Ontario and Quebec
Ottawa
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Algerian currency
Dinar
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Mediterranean isle awarded the George Cross
Malta
28
Saharan sand seas
Ergs
29
Mythological Maori hero
Maui
30
Small loose stones also known as talus
Scree
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The pianist - best actor oscar winner
Adrien Brody
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Model and actress in The Other Woman
Kate Upton
33
Frog like amphibian
Toad
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Readjusting
Rearranging
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Dogged student
Trier
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Insulting behaviour
Abusiveness
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Change
Transform
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Dominions
Realms
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Connecticut university
Yale
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Sauce
Gravy
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Hang loosely
Drape
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Less likely to change
Stabler
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Excavates mud
Dredges
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Conspired
Schemed
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Judgments
Edicts
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Enlightened
Educated
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Unwisely
Inanely
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Belittling
Deriding
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Intermittently drizzly
Showery
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Common weeds
Dandelions
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Tricks
Dupes
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Tiny glittering decoration
Spangle
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Soldier's burrow
Foxhole
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Larrikins
Hooligans
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Cut (design) with acid
Etch
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Beliefs
Creeds
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Knitting style
Fair Isle
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Plans
Aims
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Greatness
Grandeur
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Treaty
Pact
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Circus performers
Jugglers
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Temptation
Lure
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Correct behaviour
Propriety
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Preposition - about
Circa
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Pivots
Fulcrums
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Puritan
Prig
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Bowling stint
Spell
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Former Chinese weight unit
Tael
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Coffin stand
Bier
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Malay knife
Kris
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Part of a church
Aisle
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Exalt
Raise
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Bailiff
Reeve
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Sea eagle
Erne
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Needle case
Etui
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Muse of love poetry
Erato
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Think logically
Ratiocinate
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Mother of pearl
Nacre
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Unit of dry volume measure
Bushel
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Semaphore
Signal
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Blackthorn fruit
Sloe
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Annex
Add
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Resin used in floor coatings
Epoxy
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Dour
Grim
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Grow
Develop
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Stand next to
Abut
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Type of willow
Osier
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Gaelic
Erse
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Farinaceous food
Pasta
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Catcall
Boo
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Odd
Uneven
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Therefore
Ergo
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Brown coal
Lignite
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Copiously supplied
Replete
95
Funeral procession
Cortege
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Result
Upshot
97
Substitute
Ersatz
98
Jacob's Biblical brother
Esau
99
Long-limbed (colt)
Leggy
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Quirky character
Oddball
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Executes (law)
Enacts
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Padre
Chaplain
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Libyan capital
Tripoli
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Light pleasant rhythm
Lilt
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River Rhine German city
Bonn
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Fainting
Swooning
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Step (on)
Tread
108
Sailor
Seafarer
109
Champagne, ... and Chandon
Moët
110
Truncheons
Batons
111
Apparent worth
Face value
112
Slipshod
Careless
113
Came forth
Emanated
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As far as
Up to
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Appear again
Re-emerge
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Fellow beneficiary
Coheir
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Confrontation
Showdown
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Trade surge
Boom
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Gobble
Guzzle
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Plague
Bedevil
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Over the moon
Euphoric
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Impose (tax)
Levy
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Naval obstruction
Blockade
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Worthless trinket
Bauble
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Melt away
Vaporise
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Rural municipality
Shire
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Lights out
Bedtime
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Pressure line on map
Isobar
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Standard of perfection
Ideal
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Diligent pupil
Swot
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Passion
Ardour
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Occurring in springtime
Vernal
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Love affair
Amour
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Clerical residence
Manse
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Official distributing wages
Paymaster
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Type of hat
Pork pie
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Former portion of Ethiopia
Eritrea
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Musically in a flustered manner
Agitato
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Criticise severely
Pan
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Twill-weaved worsted fabric
Gaberdine
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Lawful
Licit
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Think about beforehand
Premeditated
143
Niche
Recess
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Gusto
Relish
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Propriety
Decorum
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Break in and rob
Burgle
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Detained in conversation
Buttonholed
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Muscle
Thew
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Meat jelly
Aspic
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Make lace
Tat
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Small amount
Tad
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Centre
Nucleus
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Portuguese islands off the Moroccan coast
Madeira
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Show excessive love
Dote
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Having coloured markings
Pied
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Antonym of 'unconventional'
Orthodox
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Name shared by an Asian plant and the spicy condiment made from same
Wasabi
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One excluded from society
Outcast
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Curving inwards
Concave
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Tide with little range between high and low water levels
Neap
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Series of numbers in which each is in the same ratio as the one before it, ... progression
Geometric
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Unsteady, as if about to all
Tottery
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Extremely cruel
Barbaric
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Annual Melbourne festival
Moomba
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Former long-standing Indonesian president
Suharto
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Cap's peak
Visor
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Seven year period
Septenary
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Early impressionist painter, Pierre ...
Renoir
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Having an exciting ending
Climactic
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Subsection of text
Paragraph
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One inexperienced at something
Tyro
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Highly seasoned Mexican dish
Tamale
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Luxurious
Lush
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Volcano on Antarctica's Ross Island, Mount ...
Erebus
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Luxurious country residence
Villa
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Indolent person
Idler
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Jetty built to control erosion
Groyne
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Rapidly
Apace
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Eland, eg.
Antelope
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Domelike structure on roof
Cupola
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Level of electrical resistance
Ohmage
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Reef Casino city
Cairns
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Has wavy motion
Undulates
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Insurgents
Rebels
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Osculate
Kiss
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Menace
Threat
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Pollute
Defile
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Egg white
Albumen
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Now Papua
Irian Jaya
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Type of lock
Yale
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Muslim woman's veil
Yashmak
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Citrus layer
Pith
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Leguminous fodder plant
Clover
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NE Indian state
Assam
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Sponsor
Patron
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Jack
Knave
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Outlet from a water main
Hydrant
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Island of PNG
Manus
