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Having Lost The Manual I Persist In Holding Up The Dish Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PILAU which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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99%5Exact Match!
noun

• rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes

31%4Persist in a lost cause: to whip one past Hunter?
verb

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• beat with a cane

27%7 Improve luck, having lost head after being oddly lost
verb

• increase the level of

• make better or more attractive

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The Guardian Cryptic29 Aug 2000 Down 24
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