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Sleuth Of Inferior Quality Concealing Hesitation Crossword Clue

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noun

• someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations

31%10Hesitation or hesitation to assert oneself
noun

• lack of self-confidence

31%8Hesitation or hesitation
noun

• Restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)

• The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.

• The strap or part of the harness so used.

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Badly off - inferior in quality
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Of inferior quality, slangily
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