Examines or detects by smelling — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 5–letter crossword clue “Examines or detects by smelling”? This page covers its appearance in Guardian Quick on 22nd Jan 2010. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Examines or detects by smelling” is NOSES (5 letters).
We last saw “Examines or detects by smelling” in Guardian Quick on 22nd Jan 2010.
The 5-letter answer for “Examines or detects by smelling” is NOSES.
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