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| 99% | 6 | XERXES | Exact Match! | |||||
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| 32% | 9 | Item often upset or upset, metaphorically | ||||||
noun • the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart' • a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street | ||||||||
| 27% | 7 | Based on Persian for “gold”, a toxic element with compounds including orpiment, or king’s yellow as a pigment, once used as an untraceable of murder known as the king of poisons or poison of kings | ||||||
noun • a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer • a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and in various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar | ||||||||
Persian King Upset Over Sex Change Crossword Clue
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XERXES which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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XERXES
Updated: October 14, 2023
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