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noun • the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled • voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins | ||||
| 32% | 4 | Cod fish's head put on headless fish a bit like cod | ||
noun • something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be • a person who makes deceitful pretenses • (football) a deceptive move made by a football player adjective satellite • fraudulent; having a misleading appearance • not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article verb • make a copy of with the intent to deceive • tamper, with the purpose of deception • speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths | ||||
| 30% | 8 | Headless condition from birth | ||
noun • absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) | ||||
Takes The Skin Off Headless Fish
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EELS which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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Updated: December 29, 2025
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