Fifty Hold Out After Sailor Returns With Iron Pigs

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	noun • any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship • coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads • an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings • a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) • an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps verb • make steady with a ballast
	32%	4		Fifty-fifty
	adjective • divisible by two • being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with) noun • the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) adverb • used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected • in spite of; notwithstanding • to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons • to the full extent adjective satellite • equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced • symmetrically arranged • occurring at fixed intervals • of the score in a contest verb • make level or straight • become even or more even • make even or more even
	32%	5		Split fifty-fifty
	verb • divide by two; divide into halves

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1	Fifty-fifty New York Times - 12 Jul 1976	New York Times / 12 Jul 1976
2	Fifty-fifty chance The Guardian Quick - 01 Mar 2007	The Guardian Quick / 01 Mar 2007
3	Fifty-fifty to catch Frisbee when laughing out loud The Guardian Cryptic - 12 Nov 2015	The Guardian Cryptic / 12 Nov 2015
4	Ordinal number between one hundred and fifty-fourth and one hundred and fifty-sixth
5	Sailor Mars' real name in 'Sailor Moon'
6	Split fifty-fifty New York Times Mini - 19 Mar 2023	New York Times Mini / 19 Mar 2023
7	To be a neighbour is about fifty-fifty - or forty-nine forty-nine? The Guardian Cryptic - 16 Jul 2008	The Guardian Cryptic / 16 Jul 2008

Balloonist's need
Weight added for stability
Stabilize
Sandbags, often
It helps a tramp to settle down
Stability enhancer
Ship stabilizer
Heavy stuff used to stabilise boat
Heavy material for steadying ship
Material put into a ship to improve its stability

Dance with a good man with balance
Extra weight, dammit, about a pound
Gas balloon supply
Heavy material used to stabilise a ship
Ship's stabilizer
Weighted material for stabilising a ship or balloon; or, anything, real or figurative, that provides steadiness
Stabilising material
Boat stabilizer
Heavy material to stabilise ships

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