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noun • (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play verb • serve a purpose, role, or function • do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function • contribute or conduce to • be used by; as of a utility • help to some food; help with food or drink • provide (usually but not necessarily food) • devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas • promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to • spend time in prison or in a labor camp • work for, or be a servant to • deliver a warrant or summons to someone • be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity • do military service • mate with • put the ball into play | ||||||||
| 28% | 7 | The answer to this clue is formed within the answer to clue 15 | ||||||
noun • Italian architect and painter; pioneering theoretician of Renaissance architecture (1404-1472) | ||||||||
| 28% | 9 | If you have a test with 60 questions and you answer 40 of them correctly, what fraction of questions did you answer correctly? | ||||||
noun • two of three equal parts of a divisible whole | ||||||||
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| New York Times24 May 1982 | Down 12 | |
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