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verb • hold back to a later time • adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body | ||||||||
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noun • the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired • a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine • a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path • a miscalculation that recoils on its maker verb • come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect • emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire • set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire | ||||||||
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PROROGUE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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PROROGUE
Updated: October 14, 2023
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