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Opponent Originally Chasing Tie In Lead Which Has No Real Effect Crossword Clue

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99%7Exact Match!
noun

• an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug

• (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead

29%4 Get real lament chasing traveller in space
noun

• the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

verb

• move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

• reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

• come to pass; arrive, as in due course

• reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position

• to be the product or result

• be found or available

• come forth

• be a native of

• extend or reach

• exist or occur in a certain point in a series

• cover a certain distance

• come under, be classified or included

• happen as a result

• add up in number or quantity

• to measure up to in kind or quality

• be received

• come to one's mind; suggest itself

• come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

• proceed or get along

• experience orgasm

• have a certain priority

27%9 A tie in chess where neither player can make a move to checkmate the opponent
noun

• a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

• drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check

verb

• subject to a stalemate

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