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noun • Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938) | ||||
| 29% | 8 | Secret intelligence defector | ||
noun • a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | ||||
| 29% | 8 | Defector | ||
noun • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. • a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | ||||
Famed 1961 Defector
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NUREYEV which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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