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Difficult Partner No Longer Playing Crossword Clue
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We've checked our database and believe the answer is
EXACTING which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
EXACTING
Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "EXACTING" which means:
- adjective
- • Having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures adjective satellite
- • Severe and unremitting in making demands
- • Requiring precise accuracy verb
- • To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
- • To make desirable or necessary.
- • To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.
An example sentence would be:
- • "He is known for his exacting standards when it comes to cooking."
- • "The job requires an exacting attention to detail."
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Clue Last Found In...
| Source | #Number | Answer |
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| The Guardian Cryptic24 Feb 2014 | Across 14 | |
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