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One Is Surprised When Taken Thus Crossword Clue

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adverb

• having the wind against the forward side of the sails

• by surprise

31%5 Time when Friedrich Nietzsche wrote 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra'
noun

• the decade from 1880 to 1889

31%8Surprised, taken by surprise
adverb

• without forethought or plan; inadvertently

• suddenly and unexpectedly

• at a disadvantage

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