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noun • a shade of blue tinged with purple | ||||||||
| 35% | 7 | Slight one who'd be profligate with a penny for a pound | ||||||
adjective satellite • being of delicate or slender build • very narrow • having little width in proportion to the length or height • small in quantity | ||||||||
| 35% | 7 | One pound force acting on a mass of one pound | ||||||
noun • a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound; equal to 0.1382 newtons | ||||||||
Profligate Has Pound Put Back In The Shade Crossword Clue
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ROYALBLUE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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ROYALBLUE
Updated: October 14, 2023
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