Scotch ___ (chili pepper named after a hat) Crossword Clue

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Scotch ___ (chili pepper named after a hat) Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
2. a hat tied under the chin
(verb)
1. dress in a bonnet

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PEPPER (verb)
1. attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
2. add pepper to
PEPPER (noun)
1. pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
2. climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
SCOTCH (noun)
1. a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
2. whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
SCOTCH (verb)
1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
2. make a small cut or score into
SCOTCH (adjective)
1. avoiding waste
2. of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language

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