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| 97% | 5 | Exact Match! | ||||||
adjective • of or relating to punishment adjective satellite • serving as or designed to impose punishment • (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law | ||||||||
| 25% | 10 | Former British colony in Southern Africa | ||||||
noun • a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa | ||||||||
| 24% | 11 | A colony set up for the exile or imprisonment of prisoners | ||||||
noun • a penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible) | ||||||||
___ Colony Crossword Clue
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PENAL which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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PENAL
Updated: October 11, 2023
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| New York Times17 Jun 2008 | Across 41 | |
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