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adjective • filled with fear or apprehension adjective satellite • filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement • feeling worry or concern or insecurity • having feelings of aversion or unwillingness | ||||
| 49% | 7 | Sculptress gets royal household to back mammoth features reduced by 40 per cent | ||
noun • French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models; in 1835 she opened a permanent waxworks exhibition in London (1761-1850) | ||||
| 41% | 9 | Unreal property reduced by 50 per cent seen beyond river head | ||
noun • the state of being false or untrue • unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous • the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical | ||||
Sorry Continent Gets 50 Per Cent Reduced Funding
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AFRAID which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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Updated: September 1, 2025
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