Superficial harm resulting from friction among climbers (4,4) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ROPEBURN Superficial harm resulting from friction among climbers (4,4) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Feb 25, 2025
5% VENEER Superficial layer (6) Puzzler Backwords Jan 14, 2026
5% GILDED Superficially attractive (6) LA Times Daily Jan 11, 2026
5% ILL Adverse, harmful (3) Puzzler Backwords Jan 5, 2026
5% MIDST In the ___ of (among) (5) Universal Jan 1, 2026
5% RESCUE Save from harm (6) (6) Puzzler Dec 25, 2025
5% ITSOK "No harm, no foul" (5) New York Times Dec 11, 2025
5% DAMAGE Harm (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 27, 2025
5% LUBE Friction reducer (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 15, 2025
4% RAPPEL Climber's descent (6) LA Times Daily Jan 9, 2026

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