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noun • ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water | ||||
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noun • an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes • a fencelike structure around a deck • a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away verb • defend with a bulwark | ||||
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noun • (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth • a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress. | ||||
Castle Defense
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Updated: September 21, 2025
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| New York Times22 Sep 2025 | Down 57 | |
| Eugene Sheffer04 Aug 2025 | Across 21 | |
| New York Times13 May 2025 | Across 67 | |
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