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noun • entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense • the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable | ||||||||
| 36% | 15 | Commonly associated with the phrase 'Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery' | ||||||
noun • fictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal optimist | ||||||||
| 28% | 11 | Efforts to cut expenditure | ||||||
noun • the act of cutting costs | ||||||||
Expenditure Cut Back Crossword Clue
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RETRENCHMENT which was last seen in the The Guardian Speedy crossword.
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RETRENCHMENT
Updated: October 15, 2023
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