Octopus's smoke screen Crossword Clue

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Octopus's smoke screen Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
2. dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods
(verb)
1. append one’s signature to
2. fill with ink

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

OCTOPUS (noun)
1. bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
2. tentacles of octopus prepared as food
SCREEN (verb)
1. protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
2. test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
SCREEN (noun)
1. a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
2. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
KIN

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14. Letters after "K"

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17. Handwritten note that's posted

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27. "___ Lee" (poem by Edgar Allan Poe)

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34. Tennis player Roger ___

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