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Oppressive Burden Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is YOKE which was last seen in the Telegraph Cross Atlantic crossword.
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99%4Exact Match!
noun

• fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment

• an oppressive power

• two items of the same kind

• a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke

• support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end

• a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together

• stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team

verb

• become joined or linked together

• link with or as with a yoke

• put a yoke on or join with a yoke

98%7Exact Match!
noun

• a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women

• a situation resembling a terrifying dream

• someone who depresses or worries others

40%6 A heavy or oppressive feeling
noun

• an onerous or difficult concern

• weight to be borne or conveyed

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

verb

• weight down with a load

• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

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Telegraph Cross Atlantic05 Jan 2024 Across 25
The Guardian Quick06 Jul 1999 Across 19
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