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noun • United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934) • United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958) • United States geneticist who (with Crick in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1928) | ||||||||
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adjective satellite • indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading • characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive • deviating from a straight course | ||||||||
| 28% | 7 | A teaching assistant or research assistant at a university | ||||||
noun • something added to another thing but not an essential part of it • a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another • a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence adjective satellite • furnishing added support • of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another | ||||||||
Detectives Assistant With A Beginning Of Tricky Issue Crossword Clue
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WATSON which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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WATSON
Updated: May 16, 2024
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