Tearful Mother Crossword Clue

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	noun • (Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss
	24%	4		Mother's mother
	noun • Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938) • a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
	24%	6		Mother's mother
	noun • pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America

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New York Times14 Jun 1992	Across 33
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