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Composition Of South Africa Initially Its Said Crossword Clue

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noun

• an analytic or interpretive literary composition

• a tentative attempt

verb

• make an effort or attempt

• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

33%15 He initially landed in Mossel Bay, South Africa, before reaching the Cape of Good Hope
noun

• Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500)

30%7 Seabird said to draw blood from its own breast with its pouched beak to feed its young, thus a symbol of self-sacrifice and motherly love to the nation co-opted for Elizabeth I
noun

• large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish

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