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Austere English Novelist Crossword Clue

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noun

• English writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766)

29%7Austere English composer's blocking film
noun

• something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract

adjective satellite

• characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions

• sincerely earnest

• not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal

25%13 Evolutionary stage of English between Old English and Early Modern English
noun

• English from about 1100 to 1450

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