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noun • a resort town in Lancashire in northwestern England on the Irish Sea; famous for its tower | ||||
| 41% | 4 | French equivalent of the English “high” and Latin “altus”, thus prefixed to “boy”, “goût”, “monde”, “pas” and “ton”, to mean high wood, high taste, high society/world, high step and high fashion respectively | ||
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| 40% | 7 | A method of changing the tack of a square-rigged ship, involving bringing the wind around the stern by hauling the fore boom to the windward side | ||
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Whale Keeps Changing Tack Around The Water High Spot Of Holiday
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BLACKPOOL which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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BLACKPOOL
Updated: October 14, 2023
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