PREPOSITION: "used as a function word to indicate reference or concern" Crossword Clue

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REFERENCE (noun)
1. a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person’s qualifications and dependability
2. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
REFERENCE (verb)
1. refer to
PREPOSITION (noun)
1. a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
2. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)

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11. ADJECTIVE: "not lofty or grand"

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15. Eagerly anticipating

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22. Pen name for H.H. Munro

23. VERB: "to make less painful; alleviate"

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6. ADVERB: "In a [lucky] manner"

7. She may have a little lamb

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15. "___ of Steel" (famed workout video)

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