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Noble Almost Abandoning Extremes Crossword Clue

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99%4Exact Match!
noun

• a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount

36%8Almost exactly between the extremes
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33%11Abandoning for a noble reason
noun

• the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

• personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)

• a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value

• the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity

• (baseball) an out that advances the base runners

verb

• endure the loss of

• kill or destroy

• sell at a loss

• make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals

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The Guardian Cryptic21 Aug 2015 Across 21
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