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noun • a sexually precocious young girl | ||||||||
| 24% | 8 | A coalminer and teacher’s son who penned a once-controversial novel based on the character he named Lady Chatterley | ||||||
noun • Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258) • Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935) • English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830) • English actress (1898-1952) • United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958) • English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930) • a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856 | ||||||||
| 24% | 8 | Author of the controversial novel 'The Adventures of Roderick Random' | ||||||
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Controversial 1950S Novel Crossword Clue
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