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Obsequious Hotel Owner Is Known Primarily As A Legendary Slitherer Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is BASILISK which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: BASILISK

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199%8Exact Match!
229%8Owner or manager of a hotel
329%5 Title for the female owner of a hotel

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "BASILISK" which means:

    noun
  • • (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
  • • Ancient brass cannon
  • • Small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical america
  • adjective
  • • Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "According to legend, the basilisk is a mythical creature resembling a serpent or dragon."
  • • "In harry potter and the chamber of secrets, harry encounters a deadly basilisk in the secret chamber."

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