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adjective satellite • tending to select; characterized by careful choice • characterized by very careful or fastidious selection | ||||
| 32% | 6 | Thorny — cutting | ||
adjective satellite • capable of wounding • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||
| 31% | 10 | A thorny evergreen shrub often used for hedges | ||
noun • any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries | ||||
Cutting Hedges Optional Sense Avoiding The Thorny Bits
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SELECTIVE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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SELECTIVE
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