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Inventor Having No Team Backup Crossword Clue

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noun

• United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)

36%10 A backup or backup storage location
noun

• a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

• a person to whom a secret is entrusted

• a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

27%13Backup players on a sports team
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