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Removing Spades The Man Had Gloomy Yard Scrubbed

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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: SHEDDING

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noun

• the process whereby something is shed

• loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales

33%7 Vintage spades the man had taken to the cleaners
adjective satellite

• treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance

• subdued or brought low in condition or status

33%8 Mast part above the lower yard and below the topgallant yard
noun

• a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.

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Telegraph Cryptic26 Sep 2023 Down 16
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