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Red Spy Keeping Mum On The Contrary Crossword Clue

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

• a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I

• a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta

adjective satellite

• of deep purplish red

50%10Mum's mum
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37%5 Either spy to the other in "Spy vs. Spy"
noun

• an opposing military force

• an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

• any hostile group of people

• a personal enemy

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The Guardian Cryptic11 Jul 2000 Down 4
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