Major successes, so to speak Crossword Clue

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Major successes, so to speak Crossword Answer

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SPEAK (verb)
1. exchange thoughts; talk with
2. use language
MAJOR (noun)
1. British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
2. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
MAJOR (adjective)
1. greater in number or size or amount
2. (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
MAJOR (verb)
1. have as one’s principal field of study

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