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noun • a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment • a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement | ||||
| 35% | 7 | Backs out of space by us: he backs things on wheels | ||
noun • cap that fits over the hub of a wheel | ||||
| 33% | 8 | Troublemaker running round upset teacher is put in detention | ||
verb • lock up or confine, in or as in a jail • confine as if in a prison | ||||
In Afterthought No Teacher Backs Places For Detention
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PRISONS which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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PRISONS
Updated: October 14, 2023
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