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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 29% | 9 | Ancient practice whereby a bishop, resigned bishop or some other ecclesiastical person could obtain a benefice in commendam from another | |
3 | 24% | 10 | Cross borne by the Bishop of Rome | |
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We think the answer is "BROOD" which means:
- noun
- • The young of an animal cared for at one time verb
- • Think moodily or anxiously about something
- • Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
- • Be in a huff and display one's displeasure
- • Be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- • Sit on (eggs) adjective
- • Kept or reared for breeding, said of animals.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She sat in the brood of her thoughts, contemplating her next step."
- • "The mother hen puffed out her feathers to protect her brood of chicks."
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The Guardian Cryptic03 Jan 2012 | Across 20 | |
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