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#42, May 6, 2024 #42, May 6
About The Missing Letter

A crossword with a twist: 25 clues are definitions from our dictionary, and each one has a solution that starts with a different letter of the alphabet. Starting letters you’ve used appear in circles and are shown in the A-Z list.

At the end of the puzzle, the one letter that hasn’t been used is the missing letter. New puzzle every Monday!

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Previous Puzzles

The Missing Letter #41

1 Across - NOUN: "a usually 3-masted Mediterranean sailing ship with long overhanging bow and stern"

The Missing Letter #40

1 Across - NOUN: "an opaque cryptocrystalline quartz of any of several colors; especially: green chalcedony"

The Missing Letter #39

1 Across - VERB: "to remove from a surface with or as if with a broom or brush"

The Missing Letter #38

1 Across - NOUN: "a specific duty, role, or function"

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