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noun • a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung • a mental pain or distress • a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin • a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property • operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act verb • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort • deliver a sting to • saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous • cause a stinging pain • cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging | ||||||||
| 35% | 8 | Inflicted pain on foreign tutor of socialist persuasion | ||||||
adjective satellite • experiencing intense pain especially mental pain | ||||||||
| 33% | 8 | Pain inflicted by a small winged insect | ||||||
noun • a sting inflicted by a bee | ||||||||
Sharp Pain Inflicted By Ex Policeman Crossword Clue
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STING which was last seen in the The Guardian Quiptic crossword.
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STING
Updated: October 15, 2023
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Similar Clues
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1 | A hurt inflicted by an ant, bee, jellyfish, nettle, wasp etc; by extension, pain caused by wounding words; or, the point of an epigram
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
10 Jun 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 10 Jun 2023 |
2 | Casca inflicted one
New York Times -
11 Jun 1982 | New York Times / 11 Jun 1982 |
3 | Inflicted pain on foreign tutor of socialist persuasion
The Guardian Quiptic -
05 Dec 2005 | The Guardian Quiptic / 05 Dec 2005 |
4 | My old man (if grand) with a tax cruelly inflicted on rabbits
The Guardian Cryptic -
22 Jan 2010 | The Guardian Cryptic / 22 Jan 2010 |
5 | Nickname for a British policeman | |
6 | Pain inflicted by a small winged insect
The Guardian Quick -
02 Mar 2021 | The Guardian Quick / 02 Mar 2021 |
7 | Synonymous with 'policeman' |
