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noun • ancient city to the southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius | ||||||||
34% | 11 | Priest holding one mass, something done in critical time | ||||||
noun • a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause • the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends | ||||||||
29% | 14 | The sum of the atomic number and the number of neutrons gives the mass number of this element | ||||||
noun • a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite | ||||||||
High Priest Number Two Holding Mass For Stricken City Crossword Clue
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POMPEII which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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POMPEII
Updated: October 14, 2023
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