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noun • a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull • a drill for cutting circular holes around a center verb • cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery | ||||
| 27% | 9 | Also known as a miter saw or a chop saw | ||
noun • handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis) | ||||
| 23% | 4 | "I saw ___, he saw me" (classic tongue twister line) | ||
noun • (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage | ||||
Saw The Head For An Examination
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TREPAN which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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TREPAN
Updated: October 14, 2023
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