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noun • a poisonous yellow solid used in solution as a herbicide | ||||
| 28% | 3 | Word for a deep dive, dunk or plunge into bath water, candle wax, hummus, a pocket, sheep pesticide, the sea or anything else | ||
noun • a depression in an otherwise level surface • (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon • a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places • tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped • a brief immersion • a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity • a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow • a brief swim in water • a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms verb • immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate • dip into a liquid while eating • go down momentarily • stain an object by immersing it in a liquid • take a small amount from • switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam • lower briefly • appear to move downward • slope downwards • dip into a liquid • place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax • immerse in a disinfectant solution • plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container • scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface | ||||
| 28% | 14 | Found in some pesticide formulations | ||
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Water Found In Some Pesticide
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PARAQUAT which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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PARAQUAT
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