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Killer Spared The Rod Initially By One Who May Use It Crossword Clue

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noun

• an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree

• someone who kills by strangling

38%7 Serial killer known as the 'BTK Killer'
noun

• English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)

• 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973)

• 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875)

36%14 Serial killer and rapist known as the 'Golden State Killer'
noun

• someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval

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