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noun • a minor short-term fight verb • engage in a skirmish | ||||||||
| 30% | 3 | Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short" | ||||||
noun • an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code | ||||||||
| 27% | 6 | Short-lived obsession or fascination that becomes widespread for a short period | ||||||
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A Short Lived Engagement Crossword Clue
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SKIRMISH which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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SKIRMISH
Updated: October 14, 2023
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