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Pain And Deprivation For Optimistic Character Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PANGLOSS which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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99%8Exact Match!
noun

• an incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire

26%6 Name of the optimistic character in the comic strip 'Hi and Lois'
noun

• an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

24%4Deprivation
noun

• something that is lost

• gradual decline in amount or activity

• the act of losing someone or something

• the disadvantage that results from losing something

• the experience of losing a loved one

• the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

• military personnel lost by death or capture

• euphemistic expressions for death

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The Guardian Cryptic23 Sep 2015 Across 5
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