The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BRUT
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More clues leading to the result BRUT
- Animal, apart from its tail, is dry
- Dry, except when crossing river
- Dry river, save bottles
- Dry although cut by river
- Dry and dreary routine linked to bachelor
- Like some wine? It’s no end crude!
- Having wiped rear, animal is dry
- Having wiped back, beast is dry
- Very dry bishop with a dull manner hard to shrug off
- Dry in physical, having wiped foot
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What does BRUT mean?
BRUT adjective- (of champagne) very dry, and not sweet