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noun • any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable • a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging • making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer verb • furnish with spars • fight with spurs • box lightly • fight verbally | ||||
| 28% | 14 | The property of being plain, unadorned, or plain-spoken | ||
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| 27% | 12 | Grows in the Atlantic coastal plain and Gulf coastal plain | ||
noun • large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree | ||||
Plain Though Not Brown Box
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SPAR which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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SPAR
Updated: October 14, 2023
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| The Guardian Cryptic15 Nov 2005 | Across 9 | |
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