Squid squirt Crossword Clue

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Squid squirt 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

SQUID (noun)
1. (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
2. widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
SQUIRT (noun)
1. the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
2. someone who is small and insignificant
SQUIRT (verb)
1. cause to come out in a squirt
2. wet with a spurt of liquid

Hint 3: Anagram

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KIN

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