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noun • a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) • a descriptive name for a place or thing verb • give a nickname to | ||||||||
40% | 8 | His novel 'Billy the Kid' was inspired by the life of the American outlaw | ||||||
noun • Canadian writer (born in Sri Lanka in 1943) | ||||||||
40% | 5 | Legend has it that Billy the Kid was killed in ___ | ||||||
noun • a tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western Texas | ||||||||
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NICKNAME which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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Updated: October 14, 2023
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