Crossword-Solution: SOCOTRA
We have 4 clues for the answer “SOCOTRA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Island in Indian Ocean | 1 answer |
| Island near Aden. | 1 answer |
| SOUTH Arabian State | 10 answers |
| AFRICAN island(s) | 19 answers |
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Form of quartz with coloured bands
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Hint 1 meaning
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting
various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged
in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
Hint 2 anagram
GAETA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with SOCOTRA (5)
And the Rhinoceros upset the oil-stove with his nose, and the cake rolled on the sand, and he spiked that cake on the horn of his nose, and he ate it, and he went away, waving his tail, to the desolate and Exclusively Uninhabited Interior which abuts on the islands of Mazanderan, Socotra, and Promontories of the Larger Equinox.
Its other Asiatic possessions include Hong Kong, in China; the Straits Settlements and other Malay states; Borneo and Sarawak, ad Aden and Socotra, in Arabia.
There were butts of Malmsey from Candia; aloes and cassia and spices from Socotra; rhubarb from Persia; silk from India; wool from Damascus, raw wool also from Calais and Norwich.
The repose afforded ample leisure for research, and the shores of the island of Socotra, with the south coast of Arabia, were carefully delineated.
The Dar Murodi or Elephant's aloe is larger and useless: the Dar Digwen or Long-eared resembles that of Socotra.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1945–1970).