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noun • the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord • any sharply pointed projection • a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf • the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved • a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin | ||||
| 43% | 10 | Longboats modified for canals | ||
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| 43% | 7 | Occupants of longboats in search of sea creatures | ||
noun • a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales • a ship engaged in whale fishing | ||||
Longboats Carrying Quills
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SPINES which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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SPINES
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➡️ | Historical figure portrayed in "Quills"
New York Times -
10 Nov 2001 | New York Times / 10 Nov 2001 |
➡️ | Longboats
New York Times -
19 Jul 1985 | New York Times / 19 Jul 1985 |
➡️ | Longboats modified for canals | |
➡️ | Occupants of longboats in search of sea creatures | |
➡️ | Porcupine quills
New York Times -
26 Dec 1996 | New York Times / 26 Dec 1996 |
➡️ | Quills
New York Times -
05 Jan 1997 | New York Times / 05 Jan 1997 |
➡️ | Word for a writer or composer; a case for carrying their nibs, quills or stylographs; or, one who corrals, herds or shepherds cattle, pigs, sheep or other livestock into folds, stalls or sties
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