The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word NOSIEST
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More clues leading to the result NOSIEST
- Case of Navajo and the sleep that never ends? Most curious!
- Like the most interfering person, giving one no rest for the most part
- Lack of rest breaks when leaving — most curious
- Absence of nap, having start of afternoon off, is most curious
- Most inquisitive when without sleep? Not quite!
- Most curious, spiralling section of Lhotse is onscreen
- Rolling Stone is most meddlesome
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The straight part
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What does NOSIEST mean?
NOSIEST adjective- Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle.
- Having a large or elongated nose.