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Not So Gentle Crossword Clue

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99%7Exact Match!
adjective

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

noun

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

adverb

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

adjective satellite

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

verb

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

98%6Exact Match!
noun

• the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

adverb

• with resolute determination

adjective satellite

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• not soft or yielding to pressure

• strong and sure

• not subject to revision or change

• (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling

• not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall

• securely established

• possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue

• securely fixed in place

• unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

verb

• become taut or tauter

• make taut or tauter

22%8 Often portrayed as gentle and gentle creatures
noun

• an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead

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The Guardian Quick21 May 2019 Across 19
New York Times09 May 2000 Down 6
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