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Make No Progress But Hold Ones Head Up Mainly Crossword Clue

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24%4Ones going head to head
noun

• a tool for driving or forcing something by impact

• the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries

• uncastrated adult male sheep

• the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19

verb

• strike or drive against with a heavy impact

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

• undergo damage or destruction on impact

• crowd or pack to capacity

23%4 Big ones can impede progress
noun

• an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others

• your consciousness of your own identity

• (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

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The Guardian Cryptic24 Feb 2020 Down 13 TREADWATER
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