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Times Jumbo cryptic 774
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Kit's beard (6)
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if its tackle why?
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if its tackle why?
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Tackle can mean both kit and beard.
Chambers definition of beard:
beard
n the hair that grows on the chin and cheeks of a man's face; the tuft on the lower jaw of a goat, seal, etc; a fish's barbel; an awn or thread-like spike as on the ears of barley (); a tuft of hairs; a barb of a hook, an arrow, etc; the gills of an oyster, etc; a woman who escorts a homosexual man to give the impression that he is heterosexual ().
vt to oppose resolutely or with effrontery; to take by the beard.
Chambers definition of beard:
beard
n the hair that grows on the chin and cheeks of a man's face; the tuft on the lower jaw of a goat, seal, etc; a fish's barbel; an awn or thread-like spike as on the ears of barley (); a tuft of hairs; a barb of a hook, an arrow, etc; the gills of an oyster, etc; a woman who escorts a homosexual man to give the impression that he is heterosexual ().
vt to oppose resolutely or with effrontery; to take by the beard.
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