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noun • interrogation often accompanied by torture to extort information or a confession | ||||||||
| 30% | 9 | Did not get going when everyone else did | ||||||
verb • stay too long • surpass in staying power | ||||||||
| 26% | 8 | Tortuous anagram at first crushes the spirit | ||||||
noun • dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France | ||||||||
Did He Regret Tortuous Torture
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THIRDDEGREE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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THIRDDEGREE
Updated: October 14, 2023
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