The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ACIDIC
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More clues leading to the result ACIDIC
- Sharp American spies returned to protect detectives
- A Guernsey detective cut off sharpish
- Cutting from papers I found in a volume
- Tart and custard isn’t desirable in courses — just starters
- Sharp police unit infiltrating withdrawn US agents
- Group of policemen in capital caught tart
- Detectives barricading main road caught tart
- Unlike base with a forensic force in charge
- Sour account about police department on island
- Area with group of police in charge that’s ill-natured
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What does ACIDIC mean?
ACIDIC adjective- Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
- Containing a high percentage of silica; opposed to basic.
- Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid.