| Dead man's ___ aka Xylaria polymorpha, fungi species that sounds like bony hands coming to grab you from the grave |
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| With 57-Across, gesture depicted by this puzzle's circled letters |
New York Times |
24 Sep 2025 |
| Hand digits (7) |
Mirror Classic |
23 Jul 2025 |
| Handy pointers, perhaps (7) |
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| Sort of fringes of the hand (7) |
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| Touches maiden's bottom, say, when climbing in trees |
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| *Digits used to count that you may put in and out while doing 20a |
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| Johnnie ___ was the keyboard player in the Boomtown Rats. (7) |
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| Identifies digits (7) |
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| (and 5 Across) Badly-directed generic SF dross? Let's hope so! (7,7) |
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| Badly-directed generic SF dross? Let's hope so! (7,7) |
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| 'Sticky --', 1971 album by the Rolling Stones (7) |
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| Digits |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Jun 2024 |
| Touches female vocalists, heading away |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Jun 2024 |
| They are nailed on the hand (7) |
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| *Digits used to count that you may put in and out while doing 20a |
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| Pinkie, ring, middle, etc. |
USA Today |
29 Mar 2024 |
| Identifies suspect by pointers with knuckles (7) |
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| Butter- ___, person who drops things (coll.) (7) |
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| Hand extremities |
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| Hand quintet |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Jan 2023 |
| Footballer's out wide after fine touches |
The Guardian Cryptic |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Notable quintet (Row C) |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Dec 2020 |
| Singles out what's no good in stir-fries? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
25 Jul 2020 |
| Touches margins, moving right towards the end |
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| Hand quintet |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Apr 2018 |
| Shops and steals toys |
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| Piano players? |
LA Times Daily |
23 Nov 2015 |
| See 40-Down |
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| Piano players? |
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| Touches skirts, one hand moving lower |
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| Pinkies |
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| Anatomical quintet |
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| You can count on them |
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| Common quintet |
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| Key players |
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| Quintet on a hand |
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| Quintet on a hand |
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| Informs on |
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| Pinkies |
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| Pinkies. |
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