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If Results Go Astray Efforts May Well Be Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is FRUITLESS which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: FRUITLESS

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RankLettersAnswerClue
199%9Exact Match!
236%5Results of some peacekeeping efforts
332%5 Writer who said "One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well"

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We think the answer is "FRUITLESS" which means:

    adjective satellite
  • • Unproductive of success
  • adjective
  • • Bearing no fruit; barren.
  • • Unproductive, useless.
  • • Of a person: unable to have children; barren, infertile.
  • • Of a diet, etc.: without fruit.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "Despite their best efforts, the search for the missing hiker was fruitless."
  • • "The detective's fruitless attempts to solve the case frustrated him."

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The Guardian Cryptic10 Aug 2015 Across 10
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