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He Paints Badly So Becomes An Actor

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adjective

• of or relating to drama

noun

• a theatrical performer

32%5Paints badly
noun

• material used to daub walls

• a blemish made by dirt

• an unskillful painting

verb

• coat with plaster

• apply to a surface

• cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

24%6 Kind of cipher in which A becomes B, B becomes C, e.g.
noun

• conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)

• United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922)

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The Guardian Cryptic08 Mar 2004 Across 13
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