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| 99% | 8 | Exact Match! | ||
verb • lock up or confine, in or as in a jail • confine as if in a prison | ||||
| 40% | 12 | Troublemaker Tom, sinner extraordinaire in detention | ||
noun • putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment • the state of being imprisoned • the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) | ||||
| 33% | 7 | In afterthought, no teacher backs places for detention | ||
noun • a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment • a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement | ||||
Troublemaker Running Round Upset Teacher Is Put In Detention
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IMPRISON which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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IMPRISON
Updated: February 10, 2025
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