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Standard Place Mostly For The Social Climber

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

• a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class

adjective satellite

• characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position

• of or characteristic of a parvenu

42%6Social security in social security (social security in social security)
adjective

• used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements

• used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis

noun

• a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base

• a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts

• someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)

• a quantity that is twice as great as another

• raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2

adverb

• downward and forward

• two together

• to double the degree

adjective satellite

• having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities

• consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs

• twice as great or many

• large enough for two

• having two meanings with intent to deceive

verb

• increase twofold

• hit a two-base hit

• bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain

• do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions

• make a demand for (a card or suit)

• make or do or perform again

26%9Social climber's rare visit abroad
noun

• a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class

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