Skunk Crossword Clue
7 letters · New York Times · Tuesday, June 26, 2018 · 9-Down
Appeared in 7 New York Times Crosswords between March 1997 and June 2018.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · June 26, 2018 · 9-Down · 7 letters
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American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
noun
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