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Encourages A Scoundrel Crossword Clue

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verb

• assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

22%6Scoundrel
noun

• the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction

22%8Scoundrel
noun

• a persistently annoying person

• a boy or man

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New York Times22 Jun 1982 Across 47
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