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Gloomy Squad Briefly Leaves For Refreshment

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99%9BLACK TEAExact Match!
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29%3Leaves for some refreshment
noun

• a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water

• a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes

• a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves

• dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea

25%4Squad leaves at start of Macbeth
noun

• a cooperative unit (especially in sports)

• two or more draft animals that work together to pull something

verb

• form a team

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Telegraph Cryptic12 May 2025 Down 18 BLACK TEA
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