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| Letters | Answer | Clue | ||
| 99% | 9 | Exact Match! | ||
noun • a state of being confined (usually for a short time) • a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home | ||||
| 25% | 8 | May be high-rise or low-rise | ||
noun • a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards | ||||
| 25% | 8 | Extreme physical pain inflicted as punishment or punishment | ||
noun • extreme mental distress • unbearable physical pain • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean • the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason verb • torment emotionally or mentally • subject to torture | ||||
It Need Not Give Rise To Punishment
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DETENTION which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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DETENTION
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