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A Self Effacing Action Of The Japanese Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is HARAKIRI which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society

56%8A self-effacing action of the Japanese
noun

• ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society

45%8A self-effacing action?
noun

• a person who kills himself intentionally

• an act of deliberate self destruction

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The Guardian Cryptic25 Jun 2007 Down 6
The Guardian Cryptic25 Jun 2007 Down 6
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