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1 | 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 32% | 11 | Comedian who said: 'Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.' | |
3 | 29% | 9 | Can be ceiling-mounted or wall-mounted | |
A Swindle Is No Good After Its Mounted Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "STING" which means:
- noun
- • A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
- • A mental pain or distress
- • A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- • A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- • Operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act verb
- • Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- • Deliver a sting to
- • Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- • Cause a stinging pain
- • Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
An example sentence would be:
- • "The bee's sting caused a red, painful bump."
- • "I felt a sharp sting when i accidentally touched the cactus spine."
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The Guardian Cryptic14 May 2008 | Down 5 | |
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