Protective crusts that form over cuts or wounds when healing (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SCABS Protective crusts that form over cuts or wounds when healing (5) (5)
9% SCAB Crust formed on a healing wound (4)
5% CURE Heal (4) Eugene Sheffer Mar 28, 2026
5% NAIL Nothing about a form of digital protection (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Mar 24, 2026
5% LINT Wound dressing (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Mar 23, 2026
5% SHELL Crust (5) (5) Mirror Quick Mar 22, 2026
5% ELIDING Skipping over, when speaking (7) Wall Street Journal Mar 18, 2026
5% GASH Wound that has a long, deep cut (4)
5% HURT Wound (4) Universal Mar 3, 2026
5% OREOS Cookies in some crusts (5) Universal Mar 1, 2026
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