Inactive Medicine With Rank Smell Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug • (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
	34%	10		Inactive or inactive
	adjective • Like a sluggard.
	24%	6		Rank in smell and taste
	adjective satellite • (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition • smelling of fermentation or staleness

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The Guardian Cryptic08 Sep 2010	Down 18
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