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Ailing Like A Detective Crossword Clue

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noun

• a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater

• a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt

adjective satellite

• (British informal) faulty

26%9Ailing or distressed
adjective satellite

• grievously affected especially by disease

• mentally or physically unfit

26%6 In ailing condition
adjective satellite

• somewhat ill or prone to illness

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