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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SWOLLEN which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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We think the answer is "SWOLLEN" which means:

    adjective satellite
  • • Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
  • • Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
  • verb
  • • To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
  • • To cause to become bigger.
  • • To grow gradually in force or loudness.
  • • To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
  • • To be raised to arrogance.
  • • To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
  • • To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
  • • To protuberate; to bulge out.
  • adjective
  • • Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

An example sentence would be:

  • • "Her ankle was swollen after she twisted it during the game."
  • • "The swollen river threatened to overflow its banks."

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