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Returning Officer Initially Gets Down To Run Crossword Clue

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noun

• a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained

• a tool for rounding corners or edges

25%15Returning a retired police officer to active duty
verb

• To give a new commission or to validate an existing commission.

• To put back in service (undoing decommissioning).

24%7 One emulating Charlie in Flower of Scotland — Returning Officer first?
noun

• someone who copies the words or behavior of another

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