The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SHIVERING
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More clues leading to the result SHIVERING
- Feeling cold Irish veg should be dished up around noon
- Sign of frigidity? Sign of wedding following tip from birds and bees!
- Quiet message of reassurance from best man, trembling
- Trembling, chant about winter in Paris
- Twitter about winter in France, and what one might be doing
- Talk about winter in Paris and what you might be doing
- Ruling out of overfishing could be smashing
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Crossword Answer definitions
SHIVERING verb- To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
- To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
- To break into splinters or fragments.
- The action of a person or thing that shivers; a trembling.