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Do Penance For Former Head One Imprisoned Crossword Clue

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verb

• make amends for

29%9Former figures in garden, with first couple moving back as a penance
adjective

• having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation

22%11 A call to penance or atonement
noun

• prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday

• a threat of divine punishment or vengeance

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The Guardian Cryptic02 Mar 2005 Down 19
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