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Difficult Defendant Finally Up For It Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "THORNY" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Bristling with perplexities
- • Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. adjective
- • Having thorns or spines
- • Troublesome or vexatious
- • Aloof and irritable
An example sentence would be:
- • "She carefully plucked the thorny rose from the bush."
- • "The path through the forest was filled with thorny branches."
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