Creature with a shell Crossword Clue

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Creature with a shell Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
2. freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
(verb)
1. gather snails

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CREATURE (noun)
1. a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
2. a human being; `wight’ is an archaic term
SHELL (verb)
1. remove the husks from
2. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
SHELL (noun)
1. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
2. the exterior covering of a bird’s egg

Hint 3: Anagram

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ANILS

More WSJ Crossword (5/29/2025) Answers

Across

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15. Cattle call

16. Perfect for planting

18. Triceps attachments

20. “Happy Motoring!” brand

22. Brewpub offering

24. Flight-related, in combinations

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29. Far from sharp

31. Corduroy ridge

32. Home page?

33. Was dashing, say

34. *Handles with skill

37. Salon services

39. Miles of film

40. District

41. Monotheism tenet

43. “Judy ___ Punk” (song by the Ramones)

46. Disease spread by bats

48. Ready for customers

50. Winged archer

51. Washington city on the Columbia River

52. Yemen’s capital

55. Cane product

59. Feature of the Argentine flag

60. Inner Hebrides island

61. “A Death in the Family” author

62. Know somehow

63. Persian Gulf ruler

64. Negating word that, if parsed with a space after the second letter, may help to understand nine Across answers

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Down

1. Béchamel-plus-cheese sauce

2. Fancy residence

3. Understand?

4. Bit of balm

5. Garage stain

6. Dedicated work

7. Injure anew, as a ligament

8. Tickle

9. Wall treatment also called “faux painting”

10. High pt

11. H look-alike

12. Urgent signal

13. Urgency

17. When they’re off, there’s no telling what the outcome will be

21. Many a dorm room

23. Panache

24. Locks

25. Negotiating skill

26. World Cup cry

27. Baseball great Williams

30. Call on

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33. Take back

34. Stew

35. Decline

36. Pace for a pony

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38. Historian’s study

41. Ear-related prefix

42. Elusive Highlands resident

43. Were on!

44. Dossier stamp

45. Make ___ of (jot down)

47. Steaming

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52. Draft org

53. Took in

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56. First name on “Sleepless in Seattle” posters

57. College, in Canberra

58. Paving crew goo

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