The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MINE
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More clues leading to the result MINE
- Excavation belonging to the writer
- Source of wealth belonging to this compiler
- The present compiler’s source of information?
- The setter's rich source
- Puck’s choice of pseudonym in evidence
- A rich source of Vitamin B? Not half
- Source of coal providing smallest amount of energy?
- Store room in Escot House
- Pasquale’s an artist, first to last!
- A state, but not a pit
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What does MINE mean?
MINE pronoun- My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.
- An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
- Any source of wealth or resources.
- A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
- A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
- A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
- The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
- A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
- To remove (ore) from the ground.
- To dig into, for ore or metal.
- To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
- To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
- To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
- To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
- (by extension) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
- To pick one's nose.
- To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
- Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
- A specific facial expression.