A Former British Colony Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • an important port of Yemen; located on the Gulf of Aden; its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern Arabia since ancient times
	95%	7		Exact Match!
	noun • the largest of the islands comprising Antigua and Barbuda
	52%	9		Former British colony
	noun • a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony • the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean

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New York Times31 Jul 1987	Across 42
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