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noun • any hard struggle between equally matched groups • a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses | ||||||||
| 39% | 10 | Contest or lottery in which winners are chosen by a random selection process | ||||||
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| 33% | 8 | Relating to the winners of a dramatic or choral contest | ||||||
adjective • pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus | ||||||||
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TUGOFWAR which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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TUGOFWAR
Updated: October 14, 2023
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