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Cape Lost By Old Crone Haggard And Taciturn Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is WITHDRAWN which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: WITHDRAWN

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RankLettersAnswerClue
199%9Exact Match!
243%12 Former province that was divided into Western Cape, Eastern Cape, and Northern Cape
340%5 Ugly old crone

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "WITHDRAWN" which means:

    adjective satellite
  • • Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
  • • Tending to reserve or introspection
  • verb
  • • To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
  • • To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around.
  • • To take back (a comment, etc); retract.
  • • To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc); to take out of service.
  • • To extract (money from an account).
  • • To retreat.
  • • To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.
  • adjective
  • • Removed from circulation
  • • Introverted; not inclined to interact with other people

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She appeared withdrawn during the meeting, not participating in the discussion."
  • • "The withdrawn child preferred to spend his free time alone."

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The Guardian Cryptic06 Oct 2015 Down 16
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