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noun • a movement downward • properties attributable to your ancestry • the act of changing your location in a downward direction • the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors • a downward slope or bend • the hereditary derivation of an individual | ||||
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noun • the hereditary derivation of an individual • the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors • the number of lines in a piece of printed material • a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted • inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | ||||
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noun • the place where something begins, where it springs into being • properties attributable to your ancestry • an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events • the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero • the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived • the hereditary derivation of an individual | ||||
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DESCENT which was last seen in the Telegraph Quick crossword.
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DESCENT
Updated: November 13, 2025
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