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One Who Is So Close And Yet So Far Crossword Clue

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noun

• the competitor who finishes second

35%6So close yet so far
adverb

• (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

• in a close manner

26%8 Neither far left nor far right
adjective satellite

• tending toward the political right

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