Tortoiseshell relative Crossword Clue

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Tortoiseshell relative Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
(noun)
1. coarse cloth with a bright print

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TORTOISESHELL (noun)
1. brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
2. a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings
RELATIVE (noun)
1. an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
2. a person related by blood or marriage
RELATIVE (adjective)
1. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to’
2. estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete

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19. Like the B in an F major scale

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23. Nay's opposite

24. "Oh! ___ reminds me!"

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51. Common arboreal street name

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4. Assortment

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