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adjective • deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand adverb • only a very short time before • almost not | ||||
| 40% | 7 | Charlie ___: Fictional character in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' | ||
noun • King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574) • King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461) • as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877) • King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685) • son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649) • the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948) • French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823) • king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814) • a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston | ||||
| 38% | 12 | Known for his role as Charlie Chan's adversary, Gravelle, in the film 'Charlie Chan at the Opera' | ||
noun • United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969) | ||||
Wanting Charlie To Stop Alarm
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SCARCE which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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SCARCE
Updated: September 1, 2025
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