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Primate Retains Little Desire For Nourishment Crossword Clue

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99%8Exact Match!
noun

• a feeling of craving something

27%10Retains little moisture
noun

• a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer

25%8 Subdued desire for nourishment
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The Guardian Cryptic30 Sep 2011 Across 23
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