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The Colour Of Treacle Thats Not Quite Off Crossword Clue

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noun

• a dark purplish-red color

• dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine

verb

• drink claret

38%11 Feeling off-colour
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35%4 , 19 across, 8 Quite satisfied with treacle, according to the Dormouse
adjective

• in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury

noun

• a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine

• a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid

• an abundant source

• an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)

• an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps

adverb

• (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')

• thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form

• indicating high probability; in all likelihood

• (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully

• to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree

• favorably; with approval

• to a great extent or degree

• with great or especially intimate knowledge

• with prudence or propriety

• with skill or in a pleasing manner

• in a manner affording benefit or advantage

• in financial comfort

• without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor

adjective satellite

• resulting favorably

• wise or advantageous and hence advisable

verb

• come up, as of a liquid

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The Guardian Cryptic28 Sep 2001 Down 17
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