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noun • something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency | ||||||||
| 32% | 8 | To periodically break or suspend momentarily | ||||||
verb • cease an action temporarily | ||||||||
| 29% | 8 | "Break, Break, Break" poet | ||||||
noun • Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892) | ||||||||
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STOPGAP which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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STOPGAP
Updated: October 14, 2023
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