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noun • wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals • a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect • any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants • wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds | ||||
| 36% | 7 | Sprinkling it on scratching posts can encourage preferred scratching behavior | ||
noun • hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats | ||||
| 36% | 10 | The act of gently scratching or tickling, especially lightly scratching the surface of something. | ||
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Cause Of Head Scratching Perhaps
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LICE which was last seen in the New York Times NYT crossword.
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LICE
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