NOUN: "the state or a period of forced absence from one's country" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "the state or a period of forced absence from one's country" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the act of expelling a person from their native land
2. a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
(verb)
1. expel from a country

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PERIOD (noun)
1. an amount of time
2. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
COUNTRY (noun)
1. the territory occupied by a nation
2. a politically organized body of people under a single government

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25. ADJECTIVE: "dealing in or suggestive of melodramatic intrigue...usually involving secret agents [as well as] espionage"

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34. Occupy, as a tanning bed

35. Fire

36. Pen tips

37. Sent over, as a document

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41. Spoken exams

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