The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 6 letter word OIL PAINTS
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More clues leading to the result OIL PAINTS
- What 1 used get mixed in a pot still, periodically
- They produce pictures, as in pilot broadcast
- A pointilliste may spatter tile with these
- Source of crude pictures?
- Ring — it’s transformed with plain colours
- Whistler’s Mother couldn’t exist without them to lubricate Father in discontented times
- Colours of crude undies donned by this person
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