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Oedipus ___ Crossword Clue

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noun

• a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

41%8 Like Oedipus's curse in "Oedipus Rex"
adjective satellite

• characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is

• humorously sarcastic or mocking

26%14 Psychoanalytic term for a young boy's sexual desire for his mother
noun

• a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved

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New York Times12 Sep 2022 Down 60
New York Times07 Dec 2021 Across 64
New York Times Mini28 Nov 2016 Down 7
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