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noun • a slender graceful young woman • an elemental being believed to inhabit the air | ||||
| 35% | 9 | Not airy-fairy, just ghastly | ||
adjective satellite • provoking horror • extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact • extremely distressing | ||||
| 30% | 4 | What might come before fairy | ||
adjective satellite • open to or abounding in fresh air • not practical or realizable; speculative • having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air • characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air | ||||
Airy Fairy
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SYLPH which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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SYLPH
Updated: October 14, 2023
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| The Guardian Cryptic12 Mar 2002 | Across 17 | |
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