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| 99% | 10 | DESERT RAT | Exact Match! | |
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| 32% | 9 | Item often upset or upset, metaphorically | ||
noun • the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart' • a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street | ||||
| 30% | 8 | Napoleon's French-North African infantry soldier | ||
noun • A member of a military regime created and run originally by freed white European slaves, which formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria until 1516. • A slave (especially European and white) in a Middle Eastern Muslim country. | ||||
Leave Upset Jack For North African Soldier
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DESERT RAT which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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DESERT RAT
Updated: December 24, 2025
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| Telegraph Cryptic25 Dec 2025 | Down 16 | DESERT RAT |
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