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noun • a minor short-term fight • a casual or unexpected convergence • a casual meeting with a person or thing • a hostile disagreement face-to-face verb • come together • come upon, as if by accident; meet with • be beset by • experience as a reaction • contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | ||||||||
38% | 7 | Dreadful or dreadful trials | ||||||
noun • a severe or trying experience • a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence | ||||||||
30% | 3 | Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short" | ||||||
noun • an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code | ||||||||
Dreadful Tune During Further Performance Cut Short By Fight Crossword Clue
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ENCOUNTER which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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ENCOUNTER
Updated: October 14, 2023
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