An Essential Pole Switched Then Handed Down

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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adjective • of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor adjective satellite • inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
	30%	9		Connective that can be read as 'if... then, and if not... then not'
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	30%	10		Left-handed or right-handed molecule
noun • either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical

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➡️	Arctic ___ (pole-to-pole migrator) New York Times - 27 May 2012	New York Times / 27 May 2012
➡️	Connective that can be read as 'if... then, and if not... then not'
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➡️	Fingers or toes turn white, then blue, then red
➡️	It can be tied then, ie switched, to reinforce The Guardian Cryptic - 08 Jul 2021	The Guardian Cryptic / 08 Jul 2021
➡️	Like a pole-vaulter's pole mid-vault New York Times - 25 Oct 2017	New York Times / 25 Oct 2017
➡️	The North Pole vis-à-vis the South Pole, e.g. New York Times - 02 Aug 2020	New York Times / 02 Aug 2020

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