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Keep Powerful Grip

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noun

• a strongly fortified defensive structure

29%6Powerful figure in grip of drug
adjective

• having a strong physiological or chemical effect

• (of a male) capable of copulation

adjective satellite

• having great influence

• having or wielding force or authority

24%8 Known for its powerful grip
noun

• large arboreal boa of tropical South America

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The Guardian Cryptic15 Jun 2005 Across 23
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