Preserve dry smear, essentially using surgical instrument Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CURETTE Preserve dry smear, essentially using surgical instrument (7)
6% LANCET Surgical instrument (6) New York Times Oct 19, 2025
5% SALT Preservative used for thousands of years (4) LA Times Daily Nov 14, 2025
5% TAPERECORDER Instrument that preserves sounds (4,8) (12) Puzzler Nov 12, 2025
5% PAP ___ smear (3) Universal Oct 18, 2025
5% TARS Smears (4) New York Times Sep 7, 2025
5% LASE Use a surgical beam (4) LA Times Mini Aug 30, 2025
4% ARID Dry (4) The Telegraph Quick Nov 13, 2025
4% GUITAR Essentially, august editor learnt musical instrument (6) (6) The Sun Two Speed Nov 10, 2025
4% OVA Cells that can be vitrified and preserved for future use (3) New York Times Nov 7, 2025
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