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Answer : SPOOR
spoor – n
the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game; “the hounds followed the fox’s spoor”
Spoor is a trace or a set of footprints by which the progress of someone or something may be followed. Spoor may include tracks, scents, or broken foliage. Spoor is useful for discovering or surveying what types of animals live in an area, or in animal tracking.
The word originated c. 1823, from Cape Dutch spoor, from Middle Dutch spor, which is cognate with Old English spor “footprint, track, trace” and modern English language spurn (as in ankle). It is cognate also with spur, the metal tool on the heels of riding boots.
By analogy, in politics, “to look carefully on the spoor in the trails” means to investigate what is actually going on in a sensitive situation.
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- COMMAS They can lead to long sentences
- TEE SHOTS Some lead to long drives
- GLITCH Articles stolen from gala leading to long hiatus
- STAYING POWER Visiting prisoner in hospital leads to long-term popularity
- TERCENTENARY Middle Eastern hesitation every 100 years leads to long celebration
- IDEAS They can lead to great things
- RAGS They can lead “to riches”
- DISAGREEMENTS They can lead to minor arguments
- STONEWALL Paragon I overrule, leading to long delay
- CRIMES They may lead to convictions
- RUN ONS Long sentences (hyph.)
- CROSSWORDS They may lead to quarrels _ they want some solving!
- ANDS They may lead to longer sentences
- BEES They may lead to hives
- HEROIC EFFORTS They may lead to great feats
- DARES They may lead to risky moves
- SIDE STREETS They may lead to shortcuts
- BOUNCERS They may lead to quick ducks for any batsmen
- CORNER KICKS They may lead to header goals
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