Achilles' weakness Crossword Clue

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Achilles' weakness Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. someone who is morally reprehensible
2. (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
(verb)
1. put a new heel on
2. tilt to one side

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ACHILLES (noun)
1. a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable–his `Achilles’ heel’
WEAKNESS (noun)
1. a flaw or weak point
2. powerlessness revealed by an inability to act

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