Midas’s weakness Crossword Clue

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Midas’s weakness Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. extreme greed for material wealth
2. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

WEAKNESS (noun)
1. a flaw or weak point
2. powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
MIDAS (noun)
1. (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold

Hint 3: Anagram

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CAVIARE

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19. Diminutive ending

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22. Declaration of support for Proposition Five, in old Rome?

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25. Flight strip

27. Tours sight

28. Cessation of hostilities

30. Furtive fellow

32. Ore. neighbor

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35. Slithery fish

36. Tenth in a series of old Roman waterfront pens?

39. Summit

42. Brand in the freezer

43. Librettist’s assignment

47. Post counterpart

48. Get together again, briefly

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52. Money bag

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60. Lessen

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