It holds moisture and checks weeds — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 5–letter crossword clue “It holds moisture and checks weeds”? This page covers its appearance in Guardian Quick on 29th Mar 2001. 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 “It holds moisture and checks weeds” is MULCH (5 letters).
We last saw “It holds moisture and checks weeds” in Guardian Quick on 29th Mar 2001.
The 5-letter answer for “It holds moisture and checks weeds” is MULCH.
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