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Not Up To Date Being Retrogressive But Made Progress Crossword Clue

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31%4 A period of retrogressive change or deterioration
noun

• United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)

• a state of nervous depression

• an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar

verb

• draw back, as with fear or pain

31%3 A retrogressive movement or decline
noun

• the act of slowing down or falling behind

• the time between one event, process, or period and another

• one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket

verb

• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

• lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

• throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins

• cover with lagging to prevent heat loss

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The Guardian Cryptic23 Apr 2002 Across 27 WENTON
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