Strength of character Crossword Clue

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SPINE

(5 letters)

METTLE

(6 letters)

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(noun)
1. a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
2. fortitude and determination
(verb)
1. clench together
2. cover with a grit

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CHARACTER (noun)
1. a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person’s qualifications and dependability
2. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
CHARACTER (verb)
1. engrave or inscribe characters on
STRENGTH (noun)
1. capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
2. physical energy or intensity

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SPINE
(5 letters)
METTLE
(6 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
GIRT

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18. Highway attention-getter

19. Calculating

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21. Settled down

23. Shakespearean "Hush!"

24. "Sorry to tell ya"

25. What "it's not," they say

29. Eschew

30. Parts of some wedding rituals

31. Clubs opening, perhaps

34. Prized people

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36. Popular perfume named after a singing star

37. Modern "art"

38. Germs

39. That's a wrap!

40. Suspenseful

43. Grown-up gummies, e.g.

45. Touch

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48. One in a cage

51. 'That's a laugh!'

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Down

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3. A host of

4. Hits up online, in a way

5. Crept cautiously

6. Some memory aids

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8. Senescent

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10. Height or width, e.g.

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13. Brief blowup

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22. Camel and fawn

23. Lodge rental

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25. Sitarist's composition

26. Totally done with

27. Flirtatious

28. Nose woes

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33. Find fault with, informally

35. Lead-in to a clarification

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38. Word often printed in red

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43. Moral virtue

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