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| 99% | 10 | PLOTDEVICE | Exact Match! | |
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| 37% | 7 | Red ___ | ||
noun • valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled • commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific | ||||
| 37% | 10 | A distraction or misleading clue | ||
noun • any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue • a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color • a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus | ||||
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| New York Times29 Jul 2022 | Down 28 | PLOTDEVICE |
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