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| 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | ||
verb • try to prevent; show opposition to • turn away from by persuasion | ||||
| 29% | 9 | Mashed potatoes made from young potatoes | ||
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| 28% | 12 | Can be made with mashed sweet potatoes instead of regular potatoes | ||
noun • potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashed | ||||
Put Off Some French Potatoes
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DETER which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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DETER
Updated: October 14, 2023
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➡️ | Can be made with mashed sweet potatoes instead of regular potatoes | |
➡️ | From a French word for an axe, a coarse chopped mixture of recooked meat/potatoes; or, thought to derive from cross-hatching, the # symbol
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24 Aug 2015 | New York Times / 24 Aug 2015 |
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30 Mar 2009 | The Guardian Cryptic / 30 Mar 2009 |
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Eugene Sheffer -
20 May 2020 | Eugene Sheffer / 20 May 2020 |
➡️ | Stop some French potatoes
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02 Dec 2009 | The Guardian Cryptic / 02 Dec 2009 |
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