Lock setting Crossword Clue

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Lock setting Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
2. (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
(verb)
1. provide (a city) with a canal

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SETTING (noun)
1. the context and environment in which something is set
2. arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
LOCK (noun)
1. a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
2. enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
LOCK (verb)
1. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
2. hold in a locking position

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