Spare The German Channel Swimmer Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • (Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her
	29%	7		Spare a bob - by one having plenty to spare
	adjective satellite • being of delicate or slender build • very narrow • having little width in proportion to the length or height • small in quantity
	28%	14		American competitive swimmer who became the first woman to swim across the English Channel
	noun • United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1906-2003)

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