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noun • the leaf of a conifer • a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument • a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) • a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record verb • annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism • prick with a needle | ||||
| 45% | 11 | Pointers or pointers | ||
noun • something that serves to indicate or suggest • the act of indicating or pointing out by name • (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure • something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary • a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument | ||||
| 30% | 7 | Founder shows pointless to wake up around cross, pointless | ||
noun • (Roman mythology) founder of Rome; suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them; Romulus killed Remus in an argument over the building of Rome | ||||
Pointless Pointless Pointers
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NEEDLES which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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NEEDLES
Updated: October 14, 2023
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