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Modest And Decent

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adjective

• morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)

adjective satellite

• pure and simple in design or style

• abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse

38%3 10 Down ____, a decent type; 4 Down ____, not a decent type
noun

• animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds

• oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

• one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

verb

• throw eggs at

• coat with beaten egg

34%6 About whom Churchill purportedly said "A modest man who has much to be modest about"
noun

• British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967)

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