| Charlie painting snake (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Nov 2025 |
| Tight ringlet |
Commuter |
10 Nov 2025 |
| Wind like a snake |
LA Times Daily |
09 Nov 2025 |
| Spring shape |
Universal |
26 Oct 2025 |
| Slinky's shape |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2025 |
| Spring shape |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Spring's shape |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2025 |
| Wire wound spirally |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Spring's shape |
Universal |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Series of spirals |
|
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| Tesla ___ |
Universal |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Lubricant used on underside of carbon conductor (4) |
|
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| Military officer grabs one to form a loop |
|
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| Spiral shape |
Commuter |
07 Jun 2025 |
| Curl up like a snake (rhymes with "foil") |
|
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| Series of loops |
|
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| Corkscrew's shape |
Newsday |
13 May 2025 |
| Wind will be cold, love, I figure (4) |
|
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| Spiral shape, like a spring (rhymes with "foil") |
|
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| Wind like a snake |
Universal |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Spiral shape, like a spring |
|
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| Curl up like a snake (rhymes with "boil") |
|
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| Spring |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Mar 2025 |
| Corkscrew's shape |
Newsday |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Wind up, as a hose |
Universal |
27 Feb 2025 |
| What produces high voltage for an engine's spark plugs? (4) |
|
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| Corkscrew shape |
Commuter |
10 Feb 2025 |
| Spring shape |
Universal |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Helix's shape |
|
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| Spring |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2025 |
| Wind into a spiral |
|
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| Spiral |
Universal |
30 Dec 2024 |
| Kinky curl shape |
LA Times Daily |
28 Dec 2024 |
| Spiral |
LA Times Daily |
02 Dec 2024 |
| Form a spiral |
Newsday |
28 Nov 2024 |
| 100 lubricate it in rings (4) |
|
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| Garden hose shape? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 Nov 2024 |
| Wind up |
LA Times Daily |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Form loops |
|
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| Slinky, essentially |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Loop caught by thing in a pump? (4) |
|
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| Spiral |
LA Times Daily |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Mattress spring |
LA Times Mini |
20 Oct 2024 |
| Pass round single series of loops (4) |
|
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| Slinky's shape |
USA Today |
09 Sep 2024 |
| e.g. loop of line (4) |
|
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| Shape formed by a series of concentric circles (4) |
|
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| Spiral |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Bundle that is wound in a continuous series of loops (4) |
|
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| Wind up |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Matress spring |
|
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| Spring's shape |
Commuter |
21 May 2024 |
| A spring I pass round (4) |
|
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| Mattress spring |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 May 2024 |
| Snake formation |
|
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| Spring shape |
LA Times Daily |
06 May 2024 |
| Spring |
Puzzler Backwords |
12 Apr 2024 |
| Spiral shape, like a spring |
|
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| Wind up the company before one-fifty (4) |
|
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| Twist like pass round island (4) |
|
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| Spiral's shape |
Commuter |
02 Apr 2024 |
| Loop, entwine (4) |
|
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| Clio, performing in spring (4) |
|
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| Wind in loops |
Mirror Tea Time |
05 Mar 2024 |
| Spring's shape |
New York Times |
27 Feb 2024 |
| Turn around Irish educational establishment when head leaves |
|
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| Spiral or helix |
The Times Concise |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Series of spiral loops (4) |
|
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| Watch spring shape |
|
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| Tesla ___ |
Universal |
25 Nov 2023 |
| Spring requires cold lubricant |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Nov 2023 |
| Wind around |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Nov 2023 |
| Corkscrew's shape |
Newsday |
29 Oct 2023 |
| Spring thing |
Newsday |
21 Sep 2023 |
| Slinky shape |
Universal |
17 Sep 2023 |
| Wind |
The Guardian Quick |
28 Aug 2023 |
| Spring, essentially |
LA Times Daily |
04 Aug 2023 |
| Spring shape (rhymes with "foil") |
|
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| Spring, e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Apr 2023 |
| Something wound in a spiral |
The Guardian Quick |
27 Apr 2023 |
| Slinky, for one |
LA Times Daily |
05 Apr 2023 |
| Gather into loops |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2023 |
| Slinky, e.g |
New York Times |
22 Jan 2023 |
| Slinky, e.g. |
New York Times |
22 Jan 2023 |
| Spring, for one |
New York Times |
12 Jan 2023 |
| Slinky's shape |
USA Today |
14 Dec 2022 |
| Slinky, essentially |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Nov 2022 |
| It's all wound up |
New York Times |
03 Nov 2022 |
| It’s all wound up |
New York Times |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Tight spiral |
USA Today |
04 Oct 2022 |
| Spring |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Sep 2022 |
| Wind could be constant energy source |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Sep 2022 |
| Shape a snake makes |
Family Time |
05 Sep 2022 |
| Wind like a snake |
Family Time |
11 Jul 2022 |
| Spiral |
LA Times Daily |
31 May 2022 |
| Spiral shape |
USA Today |
12 May 2022 |
| Tesla ___ |
Universal |
28 Apr 2022 |
| Inductor, generally |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Mar 2022 |
| Garden hose shape |
New York Times |
26 Jan 2022 |
| Helix |
New York Times |
05 Jan 2022 |
| Slinky shape |
Universal |
04 Oct 2021 |
| Slinky, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2021 |
| Slinky, e.g |
The Washington Post |
03 Sep 2021 |
| Cobra curl |
Universal |
24 Aug 2021 |
| Spring shape |
Newsday |
15 Aug 2021 |
| Spiral shape |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Aug 2021 |
| Shape of a Slinky |
Universal |
23 Jul 2021 |
| Twist or pass Round One |
|
|
| Snake's shape, at times |
Universal |
13 Jun 2021 |
| Spring |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 May 2021 |
| Spiral shape |
Premier Sunday |
25 Apr 2021 |
| Mattress spring |
USA Today |
11 Apr 2021 |
| Series of circles? |
|
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| Tightly wind |
Universal |
06 Apr 2021 |
| Form spirals |
Family Time |
04 Apr 2021 |
| Spiral shape |
The Washington Post |
30 Mar 2021 |
| Spiral shape |
LA Times Daily |
30 Mar 2021 |
| Bedspring's shape |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2021 |
| Source of chef's cooking fat causing wind |
|
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| Around middle of recital, pass wind |
|
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| Notebook's spine, perhaps |
Universal |
26 Feb 2021 |
| Corkscrew |
Premier Sunday |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Wind into rings |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jan 2021 |
| Wind into rings |
The Washington Post |
28 Jan 2021 |
| Spring shape |
|
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| Snake shape |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2020 |
| Slinky shape |
The Washington Post |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Slinky shape |
LA Times Daily |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Spiral shape |
USA Today |
30 Aug 2020 |
| Corkscrew shape |
USA Today |
20 Jul 2020 |
| Mattress spring |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Mattress spring |
The Washington Post |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Spring shape |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jun 2020 |
| IUD, by another name |
USA Today |
07 May 2020 |
| Series of concentric circles |
Irish Times Simplex |
04 May 2020 |
| Spring feature |
New York Times |
05 Apr 2020 |
| Slinky, essentially |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2020 |
| Spring part |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Nov 2019 |
| Bedspring shape |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2019 |
| Slinky, basically |
USA Today |
05 Sep 2019 |
| Spiral |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Aug 2019 |
| Spring requires cold lubricant |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Aug 2019 |
| Wind around |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Aug 2019 |
| Shape of a mattress spring |
Newsday |
22 Jul 2019 |
| Tesla ___ |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2019 |
| Snake's shape |
Family Time |
09 Jun 2019 |
| Get around? |
The Washington Post |
25 May 2019 |
| Get around? |
LA Times Daily |
25 May 2019 |
| Bedspring shape |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Apr 2019 |
| Phone-cord shape |
Newsday |
15 Feb 2019 |
| Spiral arrangement |
|
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| Get around? |
|
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| Slinky's shape |
|
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| Slinky, basically |
|
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| Bedspring shape |
|
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| Tesla ___ |
|
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| Slinky's shape |
USA Today |
06 Nov 2018 |
| Python shape |
Universal |
19 Oct 2018 |
| Spiral shape, like a spring |
|
|
| Wind up like a snake |
LA Times Daily |
11 Sep 2018 |
| Wind up like a snake |
The Washington Post |
11 Sep 2018 |
| Heating element |
Universal |
23 Jul 2018 |
| ___ spring |
|
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| Loop of wire, for e.g. |
|
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| Snake's posture |
USA Today |
27 May 2018 |
| Spring shape |
The Washington Post |
01 May 2018 |
| Spring shape |
LA Times Daily |
01 May 2018 |
| John Balance's experimental music group |
|
|
| Rattlesnake's posture |
USA Today |
11 Feb 2018 |
| Spiral shape |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2018 |
| Python shape |
|
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| Spring shape |
|
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| Wind up like a snake |
|
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| Snake's posture |
|
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| Rattlesnake's posture |
|
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| Heating element |
|
|
| Spiral or snake shape |
Family Time |
10 Dec 2017 |
| Curl up like a snake |
|
|
| Slinky shape |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Sep 2017 |
| County Council borders Helix |
Irish Times Crosaire |
01 Sep 2017 |
| Slinky's shape |
Family Time |
14 Aug 2017 |
| Helix you may find in a heater or under your mattress |
|
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| Emulate a snake |
Universal |
01 Jun 2017 |
| Snake's shape |
New York Times |
25 Apr 2017 |
| 100-stamp purchase |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2017 |
| 'When we have shuffled off this mortal ___': Hamlet |
New York Times |
14 Apr 2017 |
| Slinky's shape |
|
|
| Curl up like a snake |
Universal |
04 Apr 2017 |
| Wind in rings |
The Times Concise |
26 Jan 2017 |
| Slinky, essentially |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jan 2017 |
| "When we have shuffled off this mortal ___": Hamlet |
|
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| Snake's shape |
|
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| Emulate a snake |
|
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| Around one, pass wind |
|
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| Mattress spring |
Newsday |
10 Oct 2016 |
| Make like a snake |
Universal |
11 Sep 2016 |
| Bedspring |
The Washington Post |
21 May 2016 |
| Slinky, essentially |
USA Today |
05 May 2016 |
| Snaky configuration |
The Washington Post |
28 Apr 2016 |
| Make a shape like a snake |
Family Time |
10 Apr 2016 |
| Move for 7-Down |
USA Today |
13 Feb 2016 |
| Be windy? |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2016 |
| Snake shape |
Universal |
06 Jan 2016 |
| Move for 7-Down |
|
|
| Slinky, essentially |
|
|
| Snake shape |
|
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| Make like a snake |
|
|
| Wind (wire, rope, etc) |
The Times Concise |
14 Dec 2015 |
| Roll of stamps |
The Washington Post |
14 Nov 2015 |
| Cochlea's shape |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Oct 2015 |
| Slinky, e.g |
New York Times |
08 Oct 2015 |
| Roll of stamps |
USA Today |
21 Aug 2015 |
| Stamp purchase |
LA Times Daily |
21 Aug 2015 |
| Wind around and around |
Family Time |
20 Jul 2015 |
| Snake Pass contains one |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 May 2015 |
| Spring's shape |
New York Times |
04 May 2015 |
| Form rings |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 May 2015 |
| Spring's shape |
|
|
| Spiral |
|
|
| Cochlea's shape |
|
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| Roll of stamps |
|
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| Length of loops |
|
|
| Roll of stamps |
|
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| Spiral |
|
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| Stamp purchase |
|
|
| Slinky, e.g. |
|
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| Slinky shape |
|
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| Mattress part |
|
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| Wind may prevent conception |
|
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| Cold lubricant for spring |
|
|
| Slinky's shape |
|
|
| Italian metalers Lacuna ___ |
|
|
| Slinky, e.g. |
|
|
| Mattress feature |
|
|
| Old phone-cord shape |
|
|
| Shape of a Slinky |
|
|
| Make like a snake |
|
|
| Slinky's shape |
|
|
| Wind up |
|
|
| Slinky, essentially |
|
|
| Solenoid shape |
|
|
| Heater component |
|
|
| Opeth "Watershed" opener |
|
|
| Spiral shape |
|
|
| Cobra's shape, at times |
|
|
| Heater component |
|
|
| Slinky toy, basically |
|
|
| Run rings around? |
|
|
| Spiral shape |
|
|
| Wind like a snake |
|
|
| Wind |
|
|
| Shape of a pesky enemy in Q*bert |
|
|
| Lacuna ___ |
|
|
| DNA shape |
|
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| Get wound up |
|
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| Loop shape |
|
|
| Store, as a hose |
|
|
| Spring |
|
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| Wind into rings |
|
|
| Phish's is "Squirming" |
|
|
| Slinky's shape |
|
|
| Store, as a hose |
|
|
| Spiral shape |
|
|
| Hose shape |
|
|
| Slinky's shape |
|
|
| DNA shape |
|
|
| Curl up |
|
|
| Cobra's shape |
|
|
| Wind into spirals |
|
|
| Wind like a snake |
|
|
| Curl up |
|
|
| Roll of postage stamps |
|
|
| Electromagnet feature |
|
|
| Electromagnet feature |
|
|
| Slinky, for one |
|
|
| Mattress part |
|
|
| Wind up |
|
|
| Stamp purchase |
|
|
| Heating device |
|
|
| Mattress component |
|
|
| Heating device |
|
|
| Prepare to strike, snake-style |
|
|
| Phone-cord shape |
|
|
| Mattress spring |
|
|
| Heating element |
|
|
| Prepare to strike, snake-style |
|
|
| DNA shape |
|
|
| Heater feature |
|
|
| Slinky toy, essentially |
|
|
| Form a spiral |
|
|
| Rattler's pose |
|
|
| Slinky, essentially |
|
|
| Rattler's pose |
|
|
| Spring shape |
|
|
| Thing to wind |
|
|
| Spring wind? |
|
|
| ". . . shuffled off this mortal ___" |
|
|
| Python's pose |
|
|
| Mattress feature |
|
|
| Rattlesnake's shape |
|
|
| Spring |
|
|
| Prepare to strike, perhaps |
|
|
| Spring shape |
|
|
| Snake shape |
|
|
| Rattler's posture |
|
|
| Slinky shape |
|
|
| Mattress feature |
|
|
| Snake's loop |
|
|
| Rattler's posture |
|
|
| Snake's posture, sometimes |
|
|
| Slinky, basically |
|
|
| Spring roll? |
|
|
| Wind into loops |
|
|
| Spiral |
|
|
| Spiral shape |
|
|
| Helix |
|
|
| Slinky, essentially |
|
|
| Slinky's shape |
|
|
| Electromagnet component |
|
|
| Spring feature |
|
|
| Spiral |
|
|
| Spring shape |
|
|
| Shakespeare's was "mortal" |
|
|
| Slinky, e.g. |
|
|
| Wind into rings |
|
|
| Wind into rings |
|
|
| Kevin, in "Superman Returns</I> |
|
|
| Spiral pipe |
|
|
| Degaussing device |
|
|
| Phone cord shape |
|
|
| Heating device |
|
|
| Spiral |
|
|
| It's all wound up |
|
|
| Helix |
|
|
| Slinky |
|
|
| Wind |
|
|
| Postage purchase |
|
|
| Ignition ___ |
|
|
| Corkscrew piece |
|
|
| Slinky shape |
|
|
| Roll of stamps |
|
|
| Slinky's shape |
|
|
| Roll of stamps |
|
|
| Curlicue |
|
|
| Rattler's posture |
|
|
| Store, as a garden hose |
|
|
| Spiral |
|
|
| Spring |
|
|
| Post office purchase |
|
|
| It's all wound up |
|
|
| Ignition component |
|
|
| Store, as a garden hose |
|
|
| Stamp purchase, perhaps |
|
|
| Slinky shape |
|
|
| Some snakes do it before striking |
|
|
| Some snakes do it before striking |
|
|
| Roll of stamps |
|
|
| Emulate a snake in the grass |
|
|
| Form spirals |
|
|
| Toaster part |
|
|
| Form spirals |
|
|
| Slinky's shape |
|
|
| Curl up like a cobra |
|
|
| Spring thing |
|
|
| Radiator part |
|
|
| Stamp collection? |
|
|
| Snake's position |
|
|
| Spring thing |
|
|
| Slinky shape |
|
|
| Radiator part |
|
|
| Gather into loops |
|
|
| Prepare to strike, perhaps |
|
|
| Garden-hose shape |
|
|
| Corkscrew |
|
|
| Wire arrangement |
|
|
| Form into rings |
|
|
| Get ready to strike |
|
|
| Heater feature |
|
|
| Slinky, e.g. |
|
|
| Get ready to strike |
|
|
| Form into rings |
|
|
| Snaky shape |
|
|
| Wind |
|
|
| Corkscrew |
|
|
| Spiral shape |
|
|
| Wind |
|
|
| Wind up |
|
|
| Helix |
|
|
| Loop |
|
|
| Kind of spring |
|
|
| Wind |
|
|
| Shakespeare's was "mortal" |
|
|
| Roll of postage stamps |
|
|
| Spring feature |
|
|
| Curlicue |
|
|
| Roll of postage stamps |
|
|
| Form spirals |
|
|
| Snake shape, sometimes |
|
|
| Spring, maybe |
|
|
| Slinky, basically |
|
|
| Snake's posture |
|
|
| Solenoid, for one |
|
|
| Prepare to strike |
|
|
| Spring feature |
|
|
| Snaky shape |
|
|
| Slinky, essentially |
|
|
| Slinky, essentially |
|
|
| Spring thing |
|
|
| "...shuffled off this mortal ___" |
|
|
| Slinky for one |
|
|
| Heater component |
|
|
| Transformer component |
|
|
| Wind into spirals |
|
|
| Wire spiral |
|
|
| Wind |
|
|
| Twist |
|
|
| Engine part |
|
|
| Wind around |
|
|
| Radiator part |
|
|
| Twist |
|
|
| Snake shape |
|
|
| Wind into a ring |
|
|
| Wind or twist |
|
|
| Snake's maneuver |
|
|
| What snakes do |
|
|
| Spiral |
|
|
| Tesla item |
|
|
| DNA shape |
|
|
| Rope ring |
|
|
| Part of an electromagnet |
|
|
| Wind in rings |
|
|
| Make like a snake |
|
|
| Rope formation |
|
|
| Rope arrangement |
|
|
| Snake posture |
|
|
| Roll of stamps |
|
|
| Wind, as a clothesline |
|
|
| Twist |
|
|
| An electrical conductor. |
|
|
| Water heater part. |
|
|
| Wind. |
|
|
| Series of rings. |
|
|
| Mattress feature |
|
|
| Electric stove feature |
|
|
| Wind spirally. |
|
|
| A spiral of wire. |
|
|
| Wind about. |
|
|
| Wrap around. |
|
|
| Spiral of wire. |
|
|
| Twist of rope. |
|
|
| Move in a winding course. |
|
|
| Roll of wire. |
|
|
| Helix. |
|
|
| Take a winding course. |
|
|
| Fake (a rope) |
|
|
| Spiral. |
|
|
| Wire spring. |
|
|
| Twist. |
|
|
| Gather into loops. |
|
|
| Slinky's shape |
|
|
| Arrangement of pipes in a radiator. |
|
|
| Radiator part |
|
|
| Part of an ignition system. |
|
|
| Wind around. |
|
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