| Excavate |
Puzzler Backwords |
25 Oct 2025 |
| Really enjoy |
Commuter |
21 Oct 2025 |
| Delve (3) |
Mirror Quick |
13 Oct 2025 |
| Enjoy some archaeology (3) |
Mirror Cryptic |
13 Oct 2025 |
| What a miner does |
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| Use a shovel |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Sep 2025 |
| Really enjoy |
Universal |
22 Sep 2025 |
| Enjoy some archaeology (3) |
Mirror Cryptic |
18 Sep 2025 |
| Delve (3) |
Mirror Quick |
18 Sep 2025 |
| Really enjoy |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Aug 2025 |
| Biting comment |
New York Times |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Like, informally |
New York Times |
12 Aug 2025 |
| Really enjoy, man |
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| Archaeologist's project |
USA Today |
23 Jul 2025 |
| Nasty comment |
Commuter |
22 Jul 2025 |
| Use a shovel, say |
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| Poke or delve into |
Puzzler Backwords |
12 Jul 2025 |
| Like archaeological site (3) |
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| Use a shovel, say |
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| Use a shovel |
|
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| A taunt (inf) (3) |
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| Unearth a yam or sweet potato (or '60s slang for "like" or "comprehend") |
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| Ply a shovel |
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| Use a shovel |
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| Remove sand |
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| Groove on |
New York Times |
25 May 2025 |
| Do archeology work |
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| Get to the bottom of things? |
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| Use a spade: - a hole |
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| Appreciate and go deeper (3) |
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| Be a groundbreaking figure? |
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| Really like, in slang |
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| Search in the earth (3) |
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| Like, in slang |
New York Times |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Use a shovel, maybe |
|
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| Jibe, taunting remark (3) |
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| Use a shovel |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Turn over earth with a spade |
|
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| Like insult (3) |
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| Really enjoy |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Mar 2025 |
| Use a spade |
Mirror Classic |
11 Mar 2025 |
| Understand turnover in the garden (3) |
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| Use a shovel |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Mar 2025 |
| Delve |
Mirror Quick |
01 Mar 2025 |
| Work in the garden, often |
|
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| "_ _ _ For Fire" by the Pixies or "_ _ _ A Pony" by The Beatles (3) |
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| Enjoy some archaeology |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 Mar 2025 |
| _ in: begin eating or working vigorously? |
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| Use a shovel |
Newsday |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Really enjoy |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Feb 2025 |
| What an archaeologist will do |
Family Time |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Honorificabilitudinity poke (3) |
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| Poke or delve into |
Puzzler Backwords |
12 Feb 2025 |
| Archaeology site |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Feb 2025 |
| (7/7) It's time to ___ in! Savor the moment and enjoy your delicious creation. Light, fluffy, and oh-so-French! |
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| Use a shovel, say |
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| Archaeological site |
Puzzler Backwords |
26 Jan 2025 |
| Find totally cool |
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| Taunt policeman with face of granite |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Jan 2025 |
| Fossil hunters' project |
New York Times |
14 Jan 2025 |
| Look for information |
USA Today |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Excavate |
Mirror Tea Time |
11 Jan 2025 |
| Use a spade |
LA Times Daily |
24 Dec 2024 |
| Wield a spade |
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| Turn up earth |
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| Use a shovel |
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| Be really into |
Universal |
10 Dec 2024 |
| Shovel dirt |
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| Use a shovel |
|
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| Search for fossils |
|
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| Use a shovel |
USA Today |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Archaeological site |
LA Times Daily |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Understand, in hippie lingo |
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| Personal shot |
|
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| Appreciate one may find an archaeologist here (3) |
|
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| Build a trench |
|
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| Use a shovel |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Use a shovel |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Nov 2024 |
| Act like an archaeologist |
|
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| Swine losing head for diamonds in mine (3) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
02 Nov 2024 |
| Swine losing head for diamonds in mine (3) |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Nov 2024 |
| Snide aside |
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| Use a shovel |
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| Paleontology site |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Use a shovel |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Try to uncover cookie-dough chunks in a pint of ice cream, say |
|
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| Do some spadework as a taunt (3) |
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| Archaeological project |
|
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| Really enjoy |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Oct 2024 |
| Excavation |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Oct 2024 |
| Sly remark concerning archaeological activity (3) |
|
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| Appreciate how to turn up a spit (3) |
|
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| Delve into ground at first (3) |
|
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| Really enjoy |
New York Times |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Excavate |
Premier Sunday |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Use a shovel |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Sep 2024 |
| Use a spade |
Puzzler Backwords |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Be into |
Universal |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Archaeological expedition |
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| Mine |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Use a shovel |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Snide remark |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Sep 2024 |
| Archaeological site |
Universal |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Excavate |
The Times Concise |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Excavate(3) |
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| Use a shovel, say |
|
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| Wisecrack from prodigy |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Excavate |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Archaeological action |
|
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| Like, '60s-style |
|
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| Use a shovel |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Delve |
Mirror Quick |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Enjoy some archaeology |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Understand, to Kerouac |
|
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| Investigate for clues |
|
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| Use a shovel |
Commuter |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Be into |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Our star's movie about archaeology: The - |
|
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| Like archaeological work (3) |
|
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| Really vibe with |
|
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| Enjoy gibe (3) |
|
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| Use a shovel |
|
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| Poke or delve into (3) |
Puzzler Backwords |
04 Jun 2024 |
| Archaeological expedition used some Saudi guides (3) |
|
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| Use a shovel |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Jun 2024 |
| Archaeologist's project |
USA Today |
29 May 2024 |
| Really like |
Universal |
29 May 2024 |
| Use a shovel |
Universal |
21 May 2024 |
| Excavate some cardigans (3) |
|
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| Subtle insult |
|
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| Appreciate the excavation (3) |
|
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| Use a space |
|
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| Really enjoy |
USA Today |
18 Apr 2024 |
| Use a shovel |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Really relish |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Apr 2024 |
| Take a ___ at (make a snide remark) |
|
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| "The ___" (Netflix movie about WWII-era archaeologists) |
|
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| Use a spade |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2024 |
| Like a bunch |
|
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| Go after buried treasure |
|
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| Excavate |
Universal |
20 Mar 2024 |
| Enjoy archaeology |
Mirror Cryptic |
20 Mar 2024 |
| Delve |
Mirror Quick |
20 Mar 2024 |
| Think it's really groovy |
|
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| Scoop on archaeological site (3) |
|
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| Use a shovel |
LA Times Daily |
11 Mar 2024 |
| Enjoy a snide sort of joke? (3) |
|
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| Work with a trowel |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2024 |
| Use shovel |
|
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| & 20dn. Unearth dog & tui unfortunately (3,3) |
|
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| Make a hole in your cardigan (3) |
|
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| Put a spade to use |
Universal |
26 Feb 2024 |
| Use spade |
|
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| Make a ditch |
|
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| Enjoy, informally (3) |
|
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| Use a shovel, say |
|
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| Use a shovel |
Commuter |
19 Jan 2024 |
| Search for buried treasure |
Family Time |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Excavator's verb |
Universal |
07 Jan 2024 |
| Try to find dirt |
|
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| Break up the earth, (3) |
|
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| Use a shovel |
|
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| Archaeology excavation |
|
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| ___ in! (Start eating!) |
|
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| Delight in archaeological excavation |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
04 Dec 2023 |
| Be really into |
Universal |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Be into |
USA Today |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Use a spade |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Nov 2023 |
| Archaeological site |
Puzzler Backwords |
12 Nov 2023 |
| Archaeological site |
Universal |
15 Oct 2023 |
| Archaeology site |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Oct 2023 |
| Work with a shovel |
Newsday |
02 Oct 2023 |
| Work with a shovel |
|
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| Look for dinosaur bones? |
|
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| Really enjoy |
Universal |
27 Jun 2023 |
| Be into |
USA Today |
06 Jun 2023 |
| Go beyond superficiality |
Newsday |
06 May 2023 |
| Enjoy greatly |
Wall Street Journal |
06 May 2023 |
| Use a shovel |
Universal |
05 May 2023 |
| Seek out crawdads, say |
Universal |
22 Apr 2023 |
| Use a spade |
|
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| Really enjoy |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Apr 2023 |
| Use a shovel |
|
|
| Archaeological site |
Newsday |
26 Feb 2023 |
| Do thorough research |
Newsday |
22 Feb 2023 |
| Use a shovel |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Jan 2023 |
| Use a shovel, say |
|
|
| Mocking remark |
Universal |
07 Jan 2023 |
| Archaeologist's place |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Dec 2022 |
| Archaeological site |
Newsday |
18 Dec 2022 |
| Archaeological site |
LA Times Daily |
18 Dec 2022 |
| Snide remark |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Dec 2022 |
| "___ your heels in" (refuse to change) |
|
|
| Use a shovel |
New York Times |
28 Nov 2022 |
| Work at an archaeological site |
Family Time |
28 Nov 2022 |
| Understand an archaeological project? |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Nov 2022 |
| Use a shovel |
Newsday |
08 Nov 2022 |
| Be into |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Nov 2022 |
| Work on a trench |
USA Today |
16 Oct 2022 |
| Use a trowel |
LA Times Daily |
27 Sep 2022 |
| Groove on |
New York Times |
01 Sep 2022 |
| Archaeological action |
|
|
| Use your shovel |
Family Time |
15 Aug 2022 |
| Unkind remark |
LA Times Daily |
06 Aug 2022 |
| Snide remark |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jul 2022 |
| Snide remark |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jul 2022 |
| Use a spade |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jun 2022 |
| "Comprende?" |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jun 2022 |
| Barb in 21 having shin scratched |
|
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| Take a ___ at (make a snide remark) |
|
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| Probe |
Wall Street Journal |
21 May 2022 |
| Excavation |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 May 2022 |
| Excavate |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 May 2022 |
| Use a shovel |
USA Today |
01 May 2022 |
| Create a moat for a sandcastle |
USA Today |
08 Apr 2022 |
| Excavate |
Canadiana |
04 Apr 2022 |
| Get it, in slang |
LA Times Daily |
12 Mar 2022 |
| Get it, in slang |
The Washington Post |
12 Mar 2022 |
| Use a shovel |
USA Today |
11 Mar 2022 |
| Excavate |
Universal |
04 Mar 2022 |
| Use a shovel |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Feb 2022 |
| Use a trowel |
USA Today |
17 Jan 2022 |
| "The ___," 2021 British drama film starring Carey Mulligan |
|
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| Use a spade |
|
|
| Archaeological site |
Universal |
24 Nov 2021 |
| Use a spade |
|
|
| Work with a spade |
|
|
| Burrow |
The Times Concise |
24 Oct 2021 |
| Use a shovel |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Oct 2021 |
| Do some excavating |
USA Today |
27 Sep 2021 |
| Use a shovel, say |
|
|
| Archaeologist's assignment |
USA Today |
12 Aug 2021 |
| Use a shovel |
USA Today |
08 Aug 2021 |
| Make a hole in the garden |
|
|
| Volleyball stat |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jul 2021 |
| Archaeology site |
Family Time |
28 Jun 2021 |
| Excavate |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 May 2021 |
| Archaeological operation |
Family Time |
10 May 2021 |
| Archaeological outing |
USA Today |
03 May 2021 |
| Archaeological site |
Wall Street Journal |
01 May 2021 |
| "___ in!" (start eating) |
|
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| ___ Dug, '80s maze arcade game with a "Stranger Things" episode named after it |
|
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| Break some ground |
New York Times |
09 Apr 2021 |
| Cutting comment |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Apr 2021 |
| Use a shovel |
Premier Sunday |
14 Mar 2021 |
| Fossil-finding scene |
Newsday |
13 Mar 2021 |
| Like a lot, old-school |
Family Time |
07 Mar 2021 |
| Archaeologist's assignment |
USA Today |
05 Mar 2021 |
| Insult |
New York Times |
25 Jan 2021 |
| Use a shovel, say |
|
|
| ___ a little deeper (try harder) |
|
|
| Use a shovel, say |
|
|
| Use a shovel |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Dec 2020 |
| Defensive bump in volleyball |
USA Today |
30 Nov 2020 |
| Archaeological excavation |
USA Today |
04 Nov 2020 |
| Really like, slangily |
|
|
| Really enjoy |
Universal |
16 Oct 2020 |
| Use a spade |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Oct 2020 |
| Be into |
USA Today |
29 Sep 2020 |
| Seek treasure, in a way |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Sep 2020 |
| Be a fan of |
Universal |
09 Sep 2020 |
| Use a shovel (rhymes with "big") |
|
|
| Cutting remark |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2020 |
| Use a shovel |
The Washington Post |
04 Aug 2020 |
| Use a shovel |
LA Times Daily |
04 Aug 2020 |
| Do some excavating |
|
|
| Taunt US swot, bilingual, lot neglected |
|
|
| Archaeological site |
Universal |
12 Jun 2020 |
| Like |
USA Today |
19 May 2020 |
| Really like |
Universal |
02 May 2020 |
| Play in a sandbox |
Universal |
24 Mar 2020 |
| Mocking remark |
Newsday |
20 Mar 2020 |
| Use a shovel |
USA Today |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Excavate |
Newsday |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Excavate |
The Times Concise |
13 Mar 2020 |
| Use a shovel |
|
|
| Search for treasure, perhaps |
Newsday |
28 Feb 2020 |
| Shovel dirt |
|
|
| Use a shovel, say |
|
|
| Use a shovel to loosen the earth |
|
|
| Turn up soil, like an archaeologist |
|
|
| Use a spade to ___ a hole |
|
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| Use a shovel on an archaeological site |
|
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| Appreciate archaeologists' undertaking |
|
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| Like indigenous houses |
|
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| Archaeological operation |
|
|
| Make a hole with a shovel |
|
|
| Falling over, soldier died — make his grave? |
|
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| Understand Government papers should be returned |
|
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| Make a hole with a shovel |
|
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| Like an archaeological excavation |
|
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| Appreciate having to enquire more closely |
|
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| Understand excavation |
|
|
| Go for archaeological excavation |
|
|
| Figure lacking sex appeal produces this taunt |
|
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| Archaeological operation |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2008 |