| Abrasive tools |
Commuter |
27 Apr 2026 |
| Talks hoarsely |
USA Today |
23 Apr 2026 |
| Scratching head, tightly grips files (5) |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Apr 2026 |
| Sings hoarsely |
Universal |
21 Mar 2026 |
| Barely speaks |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2026 |
| Isn't a smooth talker? |
The Washington Post Mini |
20 Feb 2026 |
| Speaks with a harsh voice |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Grates; spars (anag.) |
The Telegraph Plusword |
30 Dec 2025 |
| Son in fight over files (5) |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Dec 2025 |
| Woodworking hand tools |
Newsday |
07 Nov 2025 |
| Hoarse sounds |
Commuter |
27 Oct 2025 |
| Talks hoarsely |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Oct 2025 |
| Files |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
01 Oct 2025 |
| Woodworking tools |
Newsday |
04 Sep 2025 |
| Grating sounds |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Aug 2025 |
| Speaks roughly |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2025 |
| Makes a grating sound or says |
|
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| Files of king snakes |
|
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| Grates formed by spars (5) |
|
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| Grating sounds |
Thomas Joseph |
13 May 2025 |
| Hoarse sounds |
Commuter |
06 May 2025 |
| Files for the ringleader to pass around (5) |
|
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| Filing tools |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Irritates |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Rough like a file, perhaps (5) |
|
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| Makes a harsh sound when right by the snakes (5) |
|
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| "Mere tools," one says menacingly (5) |
|
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| Speaks hoarsely |
LA Times Daily |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Sings with a hoarse voice |
|
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| Grating sounds |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Nov 2024 |
| Asks hoarsely for files (5) |
|
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| Tools for fashioning spars? (5) |
|
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| Shop class tools |
LA Times Daily |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Coarse tools |
Commuter |
30 Aug 2024 |
| Understands frog's last disappearing croaks |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Has a grating voice |
Universal |
04 Aug 2024 |
| Gravelly intonations |
The Telegraph Plusword |
02 Aug 2024 |
| Speaks hoarsely |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Speaks hoarsely; spars (anag.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Jul 2024 |
| Scottish word for small red fruit (5) |
|
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| Speaks hoarsely |
Universal |
12 Jul 2024 |
| Makes a grating noise (5) |
|
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| Files a raw beginner may get to pass (5) |
|
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| Coarse files |
New York Times |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Files for the right serpents (5) |
|
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| Grating sounds right next to snakes |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Jun 2024 |
| Speaks with a hoarse voice |
The Telegraph Plusword |
31 May 2024 |
| Grating sounds |
Thomas Joseph |
17 May 2024 |
| Grating sounds |
Thomas Joseph |
10 May 2024 |
| Gratingly utters abrasive things |
|
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| Utters gratingly |
|
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| They pass right out in files! |
|
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| Says stridently "They're tools" (5) |
|
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| Files that can't be opened |
LA Times Daily |
01 Mar 2024 |
| Files a letter as an afterthought |
|
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| Has a grate voice? |
New York Times |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Some files |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Scraping tools |
New York Times |
08 Feb 2024 |
| Speaks harshly about files (5) |
|
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| Talks like Tom Waits |
New York Times |
28 Jan 2024 |
| Speaks scratchily |
Universal |
19 Jan 2024 |
| Pass in orderly fashion at the far end, in files (5) |
|
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| Speaks with a sore throat |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jan 2024 |
| Feature of some singers' voices |
|
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| Grates, scrapes |
|
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| Scratched voice sounds |
|
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| Coarse files |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Nov 2023 |
| Speaks hoarsely |
Newsday |
08 Nov 2023 |
| Carpentry files |
LA Times Daily |
10 Aug 2023 |
| Coarse, scratchy sounds |
|
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| Grating sounds |
Thomas Joseph |
26 May 2023 |
| Hoof shapers |
Newsday |
15 Apr 2023 |
| Some files |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Apr 2023 |
| Grating sounds |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Mar 2023 |
| Grates |
New York Times |
02 Mar 2023 |
| Coarse files |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Feb 2023 |
| Grating sounds |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Feb 2023 |
| Grating sounds |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Jan 2023 |
| Rough files |
Newsday |
14 Oct 2022 |
| Speaks hoarsely |
LA Times Daily |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Workshop files |
LA Times Daily |
09 Aug 2022 |
| Speaks hoarsely |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jul 2022 |
| Some files |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Jun 2022 |
| Grates |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jun 2022 |
| Grating sounds |
Thomas Joseph |
05 May 2022 |
| Irritates |
|
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| Irritates |
LA Times Daily |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Croaks |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Mar 2022 |
| Speaks hoarsely |
Newsday |
13 Feb 2022 |
| Speaks hoarsely |
Universal |
04 Feb 2022 |
| Some files |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jan 2022 |
| Returned box containing special files |
|
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| Files in shop class |
LA Times Daily |
28 Nov 2021 |
| Scratchy voices |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Nov 2021 |
| Speaks hoarsely |
Universal |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Filing tools |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Jun 2021 |
| King, venomous type, s-speaks hoarsely |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Jun 2021 |
| File types |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2021 |
| Grating sounds |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Mar 2021 |
| After tip-off, gets hold of fruit |
|
|
| Some files |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Feb 2021 |
| Has a scratchy voice |
Newsday |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Speaks with a gravelly voice |
New York Times |
29 Dec 2020 |
| Talks hoarsely |
LA Times Daily |
20 Dec 2020 |
| Talks hoarsely |
|
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| Speaks hoarsely |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2020 |
| Carpenter's files |
LA Times Daily |
24 Aug 2020 |
| Carpenter's files |
|
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| Speaks like a heavy smoker |
|
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| Has a frog in one's throat |
|
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| Has a frog in one's throat |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jun 2020 |
| Farriers’ tools |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jun 2020 |
| Speaks hoarsely |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Apr 2020 |
| Talks like a heavy smoker |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Mar 2020 |
| Roughing tools |
Family Time |
01 Mar 2020 |
| Speaks scratchily |
Universal |
28 Feb 2020 |
| Grating sounds |
|
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| Talks hoarsely |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Dec 2019 |
| Grating sounds |
|
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| Coarse files |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Nov 2019 |
| Speaks with a scratchy voice |
|
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| Speaks in a gravelly voice |
|
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| Speaks in a gravelly voice |
LA Times Daily |
29 Oct 2019 |
| Croaky sounds |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Oct 2019 |
| Harsh grating noises |
|
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| Coarse, scratchy sounds |
|
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| Talks with a gravelly voice |
New York Times |
24 Jun 2019 |
| Afterthought added to artist's files |
|
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| Grates harshly |
|
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| Coarse files |
|
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| Republican, accompanied by venomous types, speaks hoarsely |
|
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| Carpentry files |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2019 |
| Carpentry files |
|
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| Speaks croakily |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jan 2019 |
| Speaks in a gravelly voice |
|
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| Carpentry files |
|
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| Talks with a gravelly voice |
|
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| Croaky sounds |
|
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| Speaks croakily |
|
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| Speaks with a scratchy voice |
New York Times |
20 Nov 2018 |
| Talks despite laryngitis |
|
|
| Has a gravelly voice |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Oct 2018 |
| Some roughing tools |
Universal |
05 Oct 2018 |
| Says harsh words? |
New York Times |
15 Sep 2018 |
| Talks hoarsely |
New York Times |
29 Jul 2018 |
| Woodworking tools |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jul 2018 |
| Tools for farriers |
Wall Street Journal |
19 May 2018 |
| Talks hoarsely |
Newsday |
08 May 2018 |
| Makes an unpleasant sound |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Apr 2018 |
| Scratching tools |
Universal |
10 Mar 2018 |
| Carpenter's tools |
Universal |
04 Jan 2018 |
| Makes an unpleasant sound |
|
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| Talks hoarsely |
|
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| Says harsh words? |
|
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| Speaks with a scratchy voice |
|
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| Talks hoarsely |
|
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| Carpenter's tools |
|
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| Some roughing tools |
|
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| Has a gravelly voice |
|
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| Speaks hoarsely |
|
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| Tools for farriers |
|
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| Woodworking tools |
|
|
| Speaks with a hoarse voice |
New York Times |
06 Nov 2017 |
| Talks like Popeye |
USA Today |
18 Oct 2017 |
| Speaks with a scratchy voice |
|
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| Speaks with a scratchy voice |
LA Times Daily |
11 Oct 2017 |
| Talks like a stereotypical gangster |
Universal |
05 Jul 2017 |
| Sings like Satchmo or Tom Waits |
USA Today |
30 Jun 2017 |
| Wood files |
|
|
| Rough files |
Universal |
26 May 2017 |
| Rubber implements |
Newsday |
13 May 2017 |
| Abrasive tools |
|
|
| Sings like Satchmo or Tom Waits |
|
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| Rough files |
|
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| Speaks with a scratchy voice |
|
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| Talks like Popeye |
|
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| Talks like a stereotypical gangster |
|
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| Speaks with a hoarse voice |
|
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| Aids in filing |
New York Times |
11 Dec 2016 |
| Woodworkers' tools |
New York Times |
24 Nov 2016 |
| Speaks like Satchmo |
USA Today |
24 May 2016 |
| Talks like Vito Corleone |
USA Today |
19 May 2016 |
| Society's overwhelmed by mounting box files |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Feb 2016 |
| Woodworkers' tools |
|
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| Aids in filing |
|
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| Talks like Vito Corleone |
|
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| Speaks like Satchmo |
|
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| Filing tools |
USA Today |
30 Dec 2015 |
| Farrier's tools |
|
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| Grating sounds |
LA Times Daily |
18 Nov 2015 |
| Coarse metal files |
Universal |
31 Oct 2015 |
| Has a gravelly voice |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2015 |
| Fight back, restricting opening of secret files |
|
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| Fight back, restricting opening of secret files |
|
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| Introduction to Shark, found in upended box files |
|
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| Talks with a very sore throat |
New York Times |
20 Apr 2015 |
| Speaks scratchily |
LA Times Daily |
13 Apr 2015 |
| Rough metal files |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2015 |
| Coarse tools |
Universal |
20 Mar 2015 |
| Has a gravelly voice |
|
|
| Grating sounds |
|
|
| Sings like Tom Waits |
|
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| Speaks scratchily |
|
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| Talks with a very sore throat |
|
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| Rough metal files |
|
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| Filing tools |
|
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| Speaks scratchily |
|
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| Farrier's tools |
|
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| Coarse metal files |
|
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| Coarse tools |
|
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| Woodworking tools |
|
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| Speaks scratchily |
|
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| Speaks hoarsely |
|
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| Grating sounds |
|
|
| Grates on |
|
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| Filing tools |
|
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| Gift ideas for prisoners? |
|
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| Smoothing tools |
|
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| Speaks hoarsely |
|
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| Abrasive files |
|
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| Speaks scratchily |
|
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| Sings like Satchmo |
|
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| Rough files |
|
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| Talks like Don Corleone |
|
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| Jars of fruit |
|
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| Abrades |
|
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| Coarse files |
|
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| Woodworking tools |
|
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| Talks like Vito Corleone |
|
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| Sounds hoarse |
|
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| Talks hoarsely |
|
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| Woodworking aids |
|
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| Woodworking tools |
|
|
| Farriers' tools |
|
|
| Sounds of hoarse play? |
|
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| Woodworking files |
|
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| Coarse files |
|
|
| Sounds of hoarse play? |
|
|
| Lacks a clear voice |
|
|
| Speaks like the Godfather |
|
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| Abrasive tools |
|
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| Scratches |
|
|
| Carpenters' tools |
|
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| Carpenters' tools |
|
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| Scraping files |
|
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| Abrasive tools |
|
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| Workbench files |
|
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| Coarse tools |
|
|
| Isn't clear in speech, maybe |
|
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| Abrasive files |
|
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| Abrasive tools |
|
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| Horseshoers' tools |
|
|
| Workbench files |
|
|
| Talks like Vito Corleone |
|
|
| Carpentry files |
|
|
| Has a frog in one's throat |
|
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| Abrades |
|
|
| Coarse files |
|
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| Farrier's tools |
|
|
| Features of husky voices |
|
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| Coarse files |
|
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| Certain filers |
|
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| Woodworking files |
|
|
| Woodworking files |
|
|
| Talks hoarsely |
|
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| Coarse files |
|
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| Abrades |
|
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| Croaks |
|
|
| Wood files |
|
|
| Harsh sounds |
|
|
| Scratchy sounds |
|
|
| Wheezes |
|
|
| Speaks hoarsely |
|
|
| Grating sounds |
|
|
| Flies |
|
|
| Scratches |
|
|
| Blacksmiths' tools |
|
|
| Says with a scratchy voice |
|
|
| Coarse files |
|
|
| Grating sounds |
|
|
| Scraping tools |
|
|
| Speaks harshly? |
|
|
| Grates upon |
|
|
| Speaks hoarsely |
|
|
| Wood files |
|
|
| Harsh sounds |
|
|
| Abrades |
|
|
| Godfather's utterances |
|
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| Filing tools |
|
|
| Rough files |
|
|
| Has a frog in one's throat |
|
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| Abrades |
|
|
| Coarse files |
|
|
| Grating sounds |
|
|
| Sings like Satchmo |
|
|
| Some files |
|
|
| Has a frog in one's throat |
|
|
| Sounds like Satchmo |
|
|
| Some files |
|
|
| Barely talks |
|
|
| Rough tools |
|
|
| Metal filers |
|
|
| Filers |
|
|
| Farrier's tools |
|
|
| Some blacksmith tools |
|
|
| Irritates |
|
|
| Woodworker's tools |
|
|
| Speaks in gravelly tones |
|
|
| Coarse files |
|
|
| Talks like Popeye |
|
|
| Stridulates |
|
|
| Scrapes |
|
|
| Speaks scratchily |
|
|
| Horseshoers' tools |
|
|
| Scraping tools |
|
|
| Some files |
|
|
| Talks like Froggy |
|
|
| Woodworking files |
|
|
| Sounds like Satchmo |
|
|
| Carpentry tools |
|
|
| Throaty utterances |
|
|
| Grates |
|
|
| Is far from lilting |
|
|
| Sounds hoarse |
|
|
| Files |
|
|
| Witches' sounds |
|
|
| Talks gangster-style |
|
|
| Doesn't talk smoothly |
|
|
| Carpentry tools |
|
|
| Grating noises |
|
|
| Speaks hoarsely |
|
|
| Needs a cough drop |
|
|
| Irritates |
|
|
| Horse-hoof smoothers |
|
|
| Coarse tools |
|
|
| Speaks hoarsely |
|
|
| Abrades |
|
|
| Speaks like Satchmo |
|
|
| Carpentry tools |
|
|
| Scratchy sounds |
|
|
| Harsh sounds |
|
|
| Stridulates |
|
|
| Blacksmith's tools |
|
|
| Grates |
|
|
| Coarse files |
|
|
| Files |
|
|
| Files |
|
|
| Says hoarsely |
|
|
| Gift ideas for prisoners? |
|
|
| Barely talks |
|
|
| Rough files |
|
|
| Harsh sounds |
|
|
| Makes a grating sound |
|
|
| Grates |
|
|
| Some files |
|
|
| Speaks harshly |
|
|
| Talks hoarsely |
|
|
| Irritates immensely |
|
|
| Grates on |
|
|
| Scrapes |
|
|
| Is grating. |
|
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| Tools. |
|
|
| Is harsh. |
|
|
| Speaks gratingly. |
|
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| Scratches. |
|
|
| Carpenter's tools. |
|
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| Irritates. |
|
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| Abrades. |
|
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| Grates. |
|
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| Rough tools |
|
|
| Harsh files. |
|
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| Files. |
|
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| Rough files. |
|
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| Scrapes. |
|
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| Coarse files. |
|
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