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Answer for the clue "Opener of many locks ", 12 letters:
skeleton key

Word definitions for skeleton key in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a passkey with much of the bit filed away so that it can open different locks

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Alexander Rokovssky carefully inserted a skeleton key , and slowly turned it.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A skeleton key is a key that has been filed in such a way as to bypass the security measures placed inside a warded lock. Skeleton Key may also refer to: Skeleton Key (novel) , a novel by Anthony Horowitz published in 2002 The Skeleton Key , a detective ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A very simple design of key that usually has a cylindrical shaft (sometimes called a "shank") and a single, minimal flat, rectangular tooth or "bit". 2 A key that has parts filed away so that it will open a range of locks

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Skeleton \Skel"e*ton\, a. Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal. Skeleton bill , a bill or draft made out in ...

Usage examples of skeleton key.

Leng had changed the lock on the door leading into his room, but I retained a skeleton key which turned the wards and unshot the bolt.

I slid the skeleton key into his back and turned it, and he came loose again, rose to his feet, staring at me.

The Magician's message made it clear that he needed the cent: SKELETON KEY TO HEAVEN CENT.

Petersen circled to the rear of the hotel, climbed the fire escape, let himself in to the third-floor passage, moved along this, turned into a left-hand corridor and let himself into his room with a skeleton key.

They experimented, and discovered the skeleton key, and made a skeleton child.

Jander inserted the large skeleton key into the lock, turned it twice, then pushed open the door.

Marry called another guard to take over his station and got the skeleton key for Paul's apartment.

It was an electronic skeleton key which could be slipped into a keycard slot to decipher the code-sequence and unlock any given door.