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noun • a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery • a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth verb • use dental floss to clean | ||||
| 29% | 9 | Fruit-bearing plant - rumour mill | ||
noun • gossip spread by spoken communication • any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries | ||||
| 28% | 12 | Describes the arrangement of strands in a beta-sheet where adjacent strands are running in opposite directions | ||
adjective satellite • (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed | ||||
Mill Bearing Strands
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FLOSS which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
FLOSS
Updated: October 14, 2023
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