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Compound Reportedly Given For Working Unsociable Hours Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is NITRATE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)

verb

• treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate

29%6 Resentful and unsociable in mood
adjective satellite

• showing a brooding ill humor

• darkened by clouds

29%4 Be grumpy and unsociable
noun

• a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal

verb

• be in a huff and display one's displeasure

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