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noun • a city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh | ||||||||
| 36% | 12 | The ceding back of territory to a former possessor | ||||||
noun • The transfer of risk from one reinsurer to another. • The return of land, rights, etc. previously ceded. • Metastasis of an eruption or tumour from the surface to the interior of the body. • The act of retroceding; a going back. | ||||||||
| 33% | 7 | Peacekeepers for the most part ceding current base | ||||||
adjective • not possessing qualities befitting a man adverb • without qualities thought to befit a man adjective satellite • lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful | ||||||||
Order Back Ruler Ceding Half An Arabian City Crossword Clue
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MOSUL which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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MOSUL
Updated: October 14, 2023
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