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1 Annual (8) 5 Telephoned (4) 9 Bulk (4) 10 Retaliation (8) 11 Journal (5) 12 Seize (7)

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2 Avoidance (7) 3 Aloofness (7) 4 Bumptious (4-9) 6 Attack (7) 7 Balcony (7) 8 Threefold (6) 13 Provisional (7) 14 Horrible (7) 15 Pincers (6) 16 Skinflint (7) 17 Anticlimax (3-4)