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| 99% | 7 | Exact Match! | ||
adjective • resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy adjective satellite • expressing sorrow often for something past | ||||
| 46% | 8 | Home to Loch Ness and the legend of the Loch Ness Monster | ||
adjective • of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language noun • the dialect of English used in Scotland | ||||
| 29% | 13 | Episodes of ice sheet decay during an ice age | ||
noun • Such a period. | ||||
Sad As Developing Ice Age Consumes Loch
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ELEGIAC which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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ELEGIAC
Updated: September 1, 2025
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