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adjective satellite • fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless • causing fear or dread or terror | ||||||||
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adjective satellite • marked by poverty befitting a beggar • (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt | ||||||||
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adjective satellite • lacking funds | ||||||||
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DIRE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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DIRE
Updated: October 11, 2023
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| New York Times08 Aug 2017 | Down 34 | |
| New York Times07 May 1998 | Across 21 | |
| New York Times20 Nov 1986 | Across 10 | |
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