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adjective satellite • not clearly expressed or understood • marked by difficulty of style or expression • difficult to find • not famous or acclaimed • not drawing attention • remote and separate physically or socially verb • make less visible or unclear • make unclear, indistinct, or blurred • make unintelligible or unclear • reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa • make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | ||||
| 34% | 8 | Gone off course before finding cause of illness | ||
noun • any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism) | ||||
| 32% | 9 | Gone wrong or gone astray | ||
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Covered Pupils Before Illness Gone
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OBSCURED which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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OBSCURED
Updated: September 1, 2025
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