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Reaction Feared By A Galley Slave Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is BACKLASH which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• a movement back from an impact

• an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence

verb

• come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

43%5Galley-slave's workplace
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35%15 Served as a slave port during the Atlantic slave trade
noun

• a port city and capital of Gambia

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