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20 answers for: Formal term for gill covers (*clue, a pro) (8)
RANKANSWERCLUE
OPERCULAFormal term for gill covers (*clue, a pro) (8)
REDEARSunfish named for its colorful gill covers
OPERCLEAny of the bony plates supporting the gill covers of fishes. (7)
ASPIRANTFormal term for wannabe (8)
OPERCULUMFormal term for a gill cover (*rum couple) (9)
MOLECULESpy solved clue a little bit (8)
PRECLUDERule out / what spin doctors do [Faulty clue a€“ ed.] (8)
TRICYCLENear the end, ignored tricky clue a€“ but this one transports you (8)
HEREUNTOFormal term meaning to this document (8)
HERCULESThe fellow with right awkward clues - a labouring individual (8)
ROBOTICSCoinage by the author of this puzzle's quote, first published in the answer to clue A
ONESGRITMy job, in more formal terms (4,4)
MAINName a less formal term for the high sea (4)
SCOTOMATAIn medicine, a formal term for blind spots
EPICEDIUMFormal term for a funeral ode (9)
PONTIFFA formal term for the leader of the Roman Catholic church (7)
UPONMore formal term for on (4)
LEAPDAYFormal term for 29th February (4,3)
PENURIOUSFormal term for poverty-stricken (9)
TALIFormal term for ankle bones (4)