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Hes Rough Tough Loveless Confused Crossword Clue

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noun

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

verb

• Acting like a criminal or antisocially but with positive connotations

37%5Hes
adjective

• being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation

noun

• an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)

• the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands

• a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

adjective satellite

• characteristic of a man

• for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys

37%4 Smoo*h, as clo*hes
noun

• a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood

• a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head

• implement used to brand live stock

• home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth

adjective satellite

• extremely robust

verb

• press and smooth with a heated iron

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The Guardian Cryptic27 Jan 2003 Down 8
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