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Cut Off Oil Supply For Capital Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is TRIPOLI which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC

• a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing

• a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea

31%10Supply, eg oil? No, USA is rich in oil
adjective satellite

• unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

• containing an unusual amount of grease or oil

28%10Cut off the oxygen supply
verb

• deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

• impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

• be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

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