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noun • a humble request for help from someone in authority • (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) • an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed | ||||
| 21% | 4 | A stint of strenuous exercise or overindulgence, for example; a contest or match in boxing, fencing or wrestling; a curve in the side of a violin; or, an attack of illness, such as flu | ||
noun • (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive • a period of illness • a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers) • an occasion for excessive eating or drinking | ||||
| 17% | 4 | Example, for example | ||
noun • a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action • the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition | ||||
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PLEA which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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Updated: September 7, 2025
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1 | A stint of strenuous exercise or overindulgence, for example; a contest or match in boxing, fencing or wrestling; a curve in the side of a violin; or, an attack of illness, such as flu
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