____ shift, movement of the plates in the Earth's crust (8) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TECTONIC ____ shift, movement of the plates in the Earth's crust (8) (8)
70% TECTONICS Study of Earth's shifting crust (9) Universal Jan 17, 2021
70% TECTONICPLATE Shifting piece of the earth's crust (13)
64% PIEDISH Crust container (7) Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026
64% SCAB Crust on a wound (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic May 19, 2026
64% TAGS Plates (4) The Atlantic May 2, 2026
64% MASSIF Block of earth s crust (6)
61% PIE Dish with a pastry crust (3) Puzzler Backwords May 29, 2026
61% FAULTLINES Fractured spots in the earth's crust, or what 17-, 23-, and 49-Across are (10) LA Times Daily May 27, 2026
61% THIN Pizza crust option (4)
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