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noun • a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship) | ||||
| 35% | 5 | From “pleasant island” to ecological disaster, a tiny country in Oceania whose name possibly stems from the phrase “I go to the beach” | ||
noun • an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy • a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands | ||||
| 28% | 9 | Famous for the Aral Sea ecological disaster | ||
noun • a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 | ||||
Ecological Disaster Film
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OILSLICK which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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OILSLICK
Updated: October 14, 2023
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