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noun • fruit preserved by cooking with sugar verb • keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change • keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction • use cautiously and frugally • preserve with sugar | ||||
| 28% | 5 | Doughy cake with cream and jam (or jam and cream) | ||
noun • small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle | ||||
| 26% | 8 | Old lag | ||
noun • a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly | ||||
Old Lag Will Do In A Jam
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CONSERVE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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CONSERVE
Updated: October 14, 2023
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