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cloudpirate | 20:06 Thu 23rd Mar 2017 | Crosswords
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shoot suggested ony our other thread
I think the letter pattern for the answer is S?R?E. Maybe SPRU(C)E but cannot close the puzzle.
Avatar Image Mamyalynne n sprue In casting metal, one of the passages leading from the “skimming-gate” to the mold; also, the metal which fills the sprue or sprue-gate after solidification: same as dead-head, 20:40 Fri 24th Mar 2017
Sprue is right.


n deadhead In founding: The extra length of metal given to a cast gun. It serves to receive the dross, which rises to the surface of the liquid metal, and would he, were it not for the dead-head, at the muzzle of the gun. When cooled and solidified, the dead-head is cut off. Also called sinking-head or sprue.

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