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University Sportsman A Shade Depressed Crossword Clue

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noun

• blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime

• blue clothing

• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue

• the sky as viewed during daylight

• used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

• the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

• any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

adjective satellite

• of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

• used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• characterized by profanity or cursing

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• morally rigorous and strict

• causing dejection

verb

• turn blue

28%10A scream from university sportsman – several heading off
adjective satellite

• uncontrollably noisy

• marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter

28%5 Sky thus clearer, as university sportsman runs
adjective

• Of the colour blue.

• Depressed, melancholic, sad.

• Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.

• Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.

• Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.

• (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.

• (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.

• Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.

• (of women) literary; bluestockinged.

• Having a color charge of blue.

• (entertainment) Risque or obscene

noun

• A blue blazer, part of the school uniform at Harrow School.

• The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.

• A blue dye or pigment.

• Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.

• Blue clothing

• (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.

• A member of law enforcement

• The sky, literally or figuratively.

• The ocean; deep waters.

• The far distance; a remote or distant place.

• Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.

• A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.

• One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.

• Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.

• A bluefish.

• An argument.

• A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.

• A type of firecracker.

• A bluestocking.

• One of the three color charges for quarks.

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