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noun • a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner verb • engage in a tourney | ||||||||
| 29% | 9 | Political contests held before the general election | ||||||
adjective • of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary noun • a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen • one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing • (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it • coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit adjective satellite • not derived from or reducible to something else; basic • most important element • of or being the essential or basic part | ||||||||
| 24% | 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) | ||||||||
Contests Organised By General In One Of His Towns Crossword Clue
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TOURNEYS which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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TOURNEYS
Updated: October 14, 2023
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