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199%5Exact Match!
251%6 Fictional character in the novel 'Doctor Zhivago' by Boris Pasternak
348%12 English actor who appeared in Doctor Zhivago

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We think the answer is "STERN" which means:

    noun
  • • The rear part of a ship
  • • United states concert violinist (born in russia in 1920)
  • • The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • adjective satellite
  • • Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
  • • Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
  • • Severe and unremitting in making demands
  • • Severely simple
  • adjective
  • • Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
  • • Grim and forbidding in appearance.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He gave me a stern warning not to be late again."
  • • "My teacher has a stern expression when she's unhappy with our work."

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Telegraph Toughie07 Apr 2023 Across 26
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