It needs a special surface to ignite — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 11–letter crossword clue “It needs a special surface to ignite”? This page covers its appearance in Guardian Quick on 11th Sept 2002. 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 needs a special surface to ignite” is SAFETYMATCH (11 letters).
We last saw “It needs a special surface to ignite” in Guardian Quick on 11th Sept 2002.
The 11-letter answer for “It needs a special surface to ignite” is SAFETYMATCH.
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