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racoony | 11:41 Sat 02nd Jun 2018 | Crosswords
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Please help with parsing of 7 down.Clue is:Difficulty over feathers found in search.Answer is 2 words of 3, 4 letters.I have R?B ?O?N.The answer must be RUB DOWN, but how does it fit with search? Is it an Americanism I have never heard of? Any help appreciated.
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Rub (difficulty) down (feathers)

Rub down is search/frisk
I presume rub down is when the police frisk yoiu
difficulty is RUB, feathers are DOWN, a rub down is a type of search.
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Many thanks for rapid replies.I have never known that meaning, but I do now.

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