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Compound Reportedly Given For Working Unsociable Hours Crossword Clue

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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

42%8Unsociable hours mainly? Face getting sacked
adjective

• Sullen or recalcitrant.

29%6 Resentful and unsociable in mood
adjective satellite

• showing a brooding ill humor

• darkened by clouds

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