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Politician During Progressive Period Is Acquiring Intelligence Crossword Clue

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99%14Exact Match!
noun

• the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)

31%6 Moderate, English politician during short period of office
noun

• a sudden outburst of anger

• a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

• a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

• the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking

verb

• bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling

• harden by reheating and cooling in oil

• adjust the pitch (of pianos)

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

• change by restraining or moderating

30%10 Exposer of Standard Oil during the Progressive era
noun

• United States writer remembered for her muckraking investigations into industries in the early 20th century (1857-1944)

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