Master Cornhill Wk 3 Crossword
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1) all the guns on one side of a warship; when they discharge2) legendary bird represented by the ancient Egyptians as living five or six centuries in the Arabian desert, being consumed in fire by its own act, and rising in youthful freshness from its own ashes and often regarded as an emblem of immortality or of the resurrection3) pretentious nonsense4) one who prepares and sells rugs or compounds for medicinal purposes5) a light dramatic composition of satirical or humorous cast in which great latitude is allowed as to probability of happenings and naturalness of characters6) stone or piece of wood, metal, or glass having a usually flat base and often a handle and held in the hand to pound, grind, or mix a material or to polish a surface7) liberality in bestowing gifts8) of a happy contented character or disposition10) provide with food and other stores11) pamper or pet15) to strike a blow on one17) an ungrateful person20) the space of fourteen days, two weeks23) dishonorably, shamefully26) outfit small articles27) a window attached to a frame by hinges29) a covered passage or ambulatory on the side of a court usually having one side walled and the other an open arcade or colonnade and typically connecting different buildings of a group or running round an open court, especially of a monastery or college30) nervous agitation31) flat piece on which drugs or colors are ground, printing ink distributed, or various substances are mixed34) to supply with fresh provisions36) a boy who runs the streets, a roguish impudent boy37) vexation, disquietude, or distress of mind brought on by humiliation, hurt pride, disappointment, or consciousness of failure or error41) a signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt42) talking foolishly or nonsensically45) incited, roused46) cleared from accusation or blame51) a jester's cap, a fool |
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2) importance, weightiness4) skill and readiness, dexterity9) harassed, annoyed, or teased especially with persistence and by petty vexations and often for a specific purpose12) floating debris13) blurted out14) professional or semi-professional magician16) low spirits, despondency, blues18) one who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that established by law or at an exorbitant rate19) finicky, hard to please21) indistinctly, vaguely22) matter-of-factly24) a small English prison controlled by a sheriff25) gained with difficulty by or as if by coercive force, violent action, or stead determined labor28) effect, manage32) one that resorts to evasion in reasoning33) striking out, obliterating35) use of variety to enliven or give interest to38) comforted, soothed39) excessively bright and showy40) oppressed or excessively uncomfortable with heat43) avidly, greedily44) a hot drink of milk curdled with spiced wine47) the state of being behind in the discharge of duties, obligations, or responsibilities48) for the purpose of attracting attention49) one's strong point, that in which one excels50) a mean or base fellow52) an assertion or declaration whose truth is questioned53) sour, thickened curdled milk54) a bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulfide formerly obtained from the mineral cinnabar but now always prepared synthetically, that varies from crimson when coarse-grained to nearly orange when finely divided, and that is used chiefly as an artist's color and in rubber55) the entrails of an animal56) expressive of, marked by, or giving rise to grief or sorrow57) a stupid foolish person |
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