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Ale _____ ___ Swills Restores Policeman 10 27 Crossword Clue

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99%9Exact Match!
noun

• a high ranking police officer

• an investigator who observes carefully

58%5 Ordering Inspector ____ ale when working restores policeman!
noun

• a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)

• United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872)

42%8 One who swills liquids
noun

• someone who drinks heavily (especially alcoholic beverages)

• a drinker who swallows large amounts greedily

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