Start Of A Long Battle Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	noun • the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
	21%	10		11's battle horse in battle ten years after 10
	noun • the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand
	21%	3		Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short"
	noun • an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code

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New York Times21 Aug 2000	Down 48
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