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Sees Records Being Broken By English Sailors

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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: DISCERNS

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verb

• detect with the senses

28%7 Term for sailors or sailors' food
noun

• A salt-water crocodile (or estuarine crocodile).

• An ocean-going ship that enters the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence Seaway.

• The saltwater fluke or dab.

26%4 Sound of a dog’s bite, a ginger nut being broken or two press studs being popped together, for example
noun

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• a spell of cold weather

• tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

• a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger

• the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand

• a sudden sharp noise

• a sudden breaking

• the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed

• an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera

• a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound

• any undertaking that is easy to do

• the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand

• (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back

verb

• utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone

• separate or cause to separate abruptly

• break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension

• move or strike with a noise

• close with a snapping motion

• make a sharp sound

• move with a snapping sound

• to grasp hastily or eagerly

• put in play with a snap

• cause to make a snapping sound

• lose control of one's emotions

• bring the jaws together

• record on photographic film

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