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First Hint Of Diddling Issue To Make One Resign Crossword Clue

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noun

• The act of demitting.

• A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.

verb

• To let fall; to depress; to yield.

• To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.

46%10Diddling with
noun

• the act of altering something secretly or improperly

32%15 The first Pope to resign in over 700 years
noun

• pope who was a patron of the arts and who denounced the cruelty to the indigenous peoples of South America (1675-1758)

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The Guardian Cryptic23 Apr 2013 Across 21
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