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| 99% | 8 | CLOSERUN | Exact Match! | |||||
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| 33% | 7 | Crooked practitioner retiring to crooked rest | ||||||
noun • a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods | ||||||||
| 24% | 12 | *Philosopher who wrote "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made" | ||||||
noun • influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804) | ||||||||
Crooked Scoundrel Hasnt Died But A Very Near Thing Crossword Clue
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CLOSERUN which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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CLOSERUN
Updated: October 14, 2023
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| The Guardian Cryptic27 May 2004 | Down 16 | CLOSERUN |
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