Queen For Whom An Element Is Named Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	noun • (Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss
	37%	7		Nouns or pronouns indicating to whom or for whom an action is done
	noun • the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb
	35%	10		The 'to whom' or 'for whom' case
	noun • the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb

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New York Times25 Apr 2009	Down 25
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