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Ruins Runaway Affairs On Ship Crossword Clue

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

• drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard

verb

• wait in hiding to attack

• put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

37%6Runaway affairs?
noun

• emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

• tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

• a pipe through which liquid is carried away

• a gradual depletion of energy or resources

verb

• flow off gradually

• deplete of resources

• empty of liquid; drain the liquid from

• make weak

29%7 Generosity of regal runaway on ship
noun

• a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously

• liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit

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