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noun • unbearable physical pain • extreme mental distress • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented • a severe affliction • the act of harassing someone verb • torment emotionally or mentally • treat cruelly • subject to torture | ||||
| 26% | 5 | "People are wrong when they say ___ is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it": Noël Coward | ||
noun • a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes • a commercial browser developed by Opera Software • a building where musical dramas are performed | ||||
| 25% | 6 | Name of the fictional character who says 'Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong' | ||
noun • an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | ||||
Its Wrong To Keep People In Agony
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TORMENT which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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TORMENT
Updated: October 14, 2023
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