City Editor Taken In By The French Crossword Clue

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	noun • a city on the River Aire in West Yorkshire in northern England; a center of the clothing industry
	23%	6		He was taken prisoner by the French during the French invasion of Italy
	noun • Italian pope from 1775 to 1799 who served during the French Revolution; Napoleon attacked the Papal States and in 1797 Pius VI was taken to France where he died (1717-1799)
	22%	8		Numbers need editor: the crossword setter's taken the plunge
	noun • a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline • a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft verb • plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft

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