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noun • someone who fights with his fists for sport • a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China • a workman employed to pack things into containers • a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany | ||||||||
| 28% | 4 | French novelist who, in order to prevent outings or procrastination thus forcing him to meet his deadline for writing The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, instructed that his clothes be hidden by his valet | ||||||
noun • French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885) | ||||||||
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noun • a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition | ||||||||
Contender Who Puts Jack In His Place Crossword Clue
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BOXER which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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BOXER
Updated: October 14, 2023
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