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| 99% | 8 | Exact Match! | ||||||
noun • official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside) • a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines | ||||||||
| 24% | 8 | Extreme physical pain inflicted as punishment or punishment | ||||||
noun • extreme mental distress • unbearable physical pain • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean • the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason verb • torment emotionally or mentally • subject to torture | ||||||||
| 20% | 11 | Official who administers capital punishment | ||||||
noun • an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant | ||||||||
Official Makes Punishment Work
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LINESMAN which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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LINESMAN
Updated: October 14, 2023
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