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Certain Encumbrance Crossword Clue

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noun

• a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses

• the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged

25%9 Symbolic burden or encumbrance
noun

• (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps

• large web-footed birds of the Southern Hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight

25%14Encumbrance
noun

• unwelcome burdensome difficulty

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