NOUN: "a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction" Crossword Answer

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(adverb)
1. exactly
2. completely; used as intensifiers
(noun)
1. the metal bob of a plumb line
(verb)
1. adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
2. examine thoroughly and in great depth
(adjective)
1. exactly vertical

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ATTACHED (adjective)
1. being joined in close association
2. associated in an exclusive sexual relationship
INDICATE (verb)
1. be a signal for or a symptom of
2. indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

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