Strand of smoke Crossword Clue

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Strand of smoke Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a flock of snipe
2. a small bundle of straw or hay

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

STRAND (noun)
1. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
2. a necklace made by stringing objects together
STRAND (verb)
1. bring to the ground
2. leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
SMOKE (noun)
1. a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
2. a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
SMOKE (verb)
1. emit a cloud of fine particles
2. inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes

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