| Waxed, in a way |
New York Times |
26 Sep 2025 |
| Got bigger |
Commuter |
25 Sep 2025 |
| Got taller |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2025 |
| Got bigger, like a tree |
|
|
| Rose garden we regularly cleared away (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
05 Sep 2025 |
| Expanded |
Universal |
03 Sep 2025 |
| Gained a wider following |
New York Times |
28 Aug 2025 |
| Increased in size |
Commuter |
20 Aug 2025 |
| Got bigger |
Commuter |
18 Aug 2025 |
| Doubled or tripled, say |
New York Times |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Got bigger |
USA Today |
23 Jul 2025 |
| Expanded |
Newsday |
06 Jul 2025 |
| Cultivated |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jun 2025 |
| Got much taller |
Family Time |
02 Jun 2025 |
| Increased, ballooned |
|
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| Got larger |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 May 2025 |
| Basically got richer, expanding wider! (4) |
|
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| King George and each way he was a cultivator (4) |
|
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| Got bigger |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Expanded |
Newsday |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Gained an inch |
|
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| Got bigger, like a tree |
|
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| Some meagre winnings may be increased |
|
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| Expanded |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Cultivated |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
05 Mar 2025 |
| Meagre work content increased (4) |
|
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| Blossomed |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2025 |
| Revealing that big reward was increased (4) |
|
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| Gradually became |
Newsday |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Raised the wager, having had a loss, perhaps (4) |
|
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| Some emigre was shot up? |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Feb 2025 |
| Increased in size |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Feb 2025 |
| Deserving reward in part having developed (4) |
|
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| Raised some of the meagre widow's allowances (4) |
|
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| Increased |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Jan 2025 |
| Got bigger |
The Telegraph Mini |
14 Jan 2025 |
| Needed longer pants, say |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jan 2025 |
| Got taller |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Got bigger like a plant |
|
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| Sprang up like a flower |
|
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| Expanded, we were up to King George for a start (4) |
|
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| The Grinch's small heart ____ three sizes |
|
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| Rose cutting held up by flower girl (4) |
|
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| Got bigger |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
06 Dec 2024 |
| Got bigger |
Commuter |
28 Nov 2024 |
| Got taller |
New York Times |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Went up a size |
LA Times Daily |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Got bigger |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Nov 2024 |
| Increased in size |
Mirror Tea Time |
09 Nov 2024 |
| The Greek you and I turned up got more and more (4) |
|
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| Became taller |
|
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| Waxed |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2024 |
| Snowballed |
Newsday |
04 Oct 2024 |
| Gained stature in being rewarded (4) |
|
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| Got taller |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2024 |
| Sprang up |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Got taller |
Commuter |
05 Sep 2024 |
| Got bigger |
Commuter |
03 Sep 2024 |
| Part of the big reward just got bigger! (4) |
|
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| Cultivated Greek has a sort of bet (4) |
|
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| Got bigger, like a plant |
|
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| Got bigger |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Jul 2024 |
| Went up |
New York Times |
06 Jul 2024 |
| Discontented gardener used disgusted expression when it sprouted |
|
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| Was a gardener, and expanded (4) |
|
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| Increased some of the meagre water supplies (4) |
|
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| Developed - became bigger (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
14 Jun 2024 |
| Developed a became bigger (4) |
|
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| Raised radishes |
|
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| Ogre wondrously got bigger (4) |
|
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| Meagre weeds have got bigger (4) |
|
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| Expanded |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 May 2024 |
| Produced on a farm |
|
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| Developed some meagre witticisms (4) |
|
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| Got bigger, as a plant |
|
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| Got bigger |
Commuter |
20 Apr 2024 |
| Moved up on a height chart |
|
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| Did well, as an investment |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Apr 2024 |
| You and I stood by King George and got bigger (4) |
|
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| Rose coming up in flower garden |
The Guardian Cryptic |
04 Apr 2024 |
| Rose coming up in flower garden (4) |
|
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| Lost a wager, yet somehow increased (4) |
|
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| Colour Reg turns on the 4th of July (4) |
|
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| Got bigger, like a tree |
|
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| Expanded |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2024 |
| Got bigger |
New York Times Mini |
02 Mar 2024 |
| Meagre work somewhat increased (4) |
|
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| A bit of meagre wealth increased (4) |
|
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| Increased in size |
USA Today |
28 Feb 2024 |
| What Pinocchio's nose did when he lied (4) |
|
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| Got larger |
Universal |
21 Feb 2024 |
| Got bigger |
Commuter |
13 Feb 2024 |
| Rang re weeding but they got bigger (4) |
|
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| Increased in size |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jan 2024 |
| Got larger plug rewired partially |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jan 2024 |
| Increased in height, say |
|
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| Got bigger |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Increased in size |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Dec 2023 |
| Developed in accepting reward |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Dec 2023 |
| Got larger |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Nov 2023 |
| Got bigger |
USA Today |
06 Nov 2023 |
| Got bigger, like a tree |
|
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| Got bigger, like a tree or a child |
|
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| Became bigger, with "up" |
|
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| Got taller |
USA Today |
27 Aug 2023 |
| Got bigger |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Aug 2023 |
| Burgeoned |
Newsday |
10 Aug 2023 |
| Rose |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jul 2023 |
| Being rewritten in part and increased in size |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Jul 2023 |
| Got larger |
USA Today |
19 Jul 2023 |
| Got larger |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jun 2023 |
| Burgeoned |
Newsday |
10 Jun 2023 |
| Enlarged |
Universal |
21 May 2023 |
| Got bigger |
Universal |
14 May 2023 |
| Became larger |
Universal |
29 Mar 2023 |
| Got bigger |
USA Today |
29 Mar 2023 |
| Got bigger |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Mar 2023 |
| Mushroomed |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Feb 2023 |
| Cultivated rose |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Feb 2023 |
| Got bigger |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Jan 2023 |
| Got taller |
Newsday |
11 Jan 2023 |
| Sprouted up |
USA Today |
25 Dec 2022 |
| Went up a size |
LA Times Daily |
25 Dec 2022 |
| Cultivated |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Dec 2022 |
| Got bigger |
Universal |
28 Sep 2022 |
| Ballooned |
USA Today |
22 Sep 2022 |
| Increased in size |
LA Times Daily |
01 Aug 2022 |
| Sprouted |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jul 2022 |
| Mushroomed |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jul 2022 |
| Got larger |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jul 2022 |
| Got bigger |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2022 |
| Got bigger |
LA Times Daily |
27 May 2022 |
| Got larger |
USA Today |
14 May 2022 |
| Got bigger, say |
|
|
| Got bigger, as a plant |
|
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| Sprouted up |
Universal |
16 Apr 2022 |
| Got taller |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2022 |
| Got larger |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Mar 2022 |
| Arose |
The Times Concise |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Raised on a farm |
The Washington Post |
02 Mar 2022 |
| Raised on a farm |
LA Times Daily |
02 Mar 2022 |
| Got bigger |
USA Today |
11 Dec 2021 |
| Increased |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Nov 2021 |
| Got bigger |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Expanded |
Premier Sunday |
24 Oct 2021 |
| Became too big for one's britches? |
Universal |
29 Sep 2021 |
| Expanded |
The Times Concise |
26 Sep 2021 |
| Got taller |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2021 |
| Former monarch, we reflected, came to maturity |
|
|
| Got bigger |
USA Today |
30 Jun 2021 |
| Planted on a farm |
Newsday |
20 Jun 2021 |
| Increased, as the pot |
New York Times |
14 Jun 2021 |
| Shot up |
|
|
| Sprouted |
The Washington Post Sunday |
28 Feb 2021 |
| Expanded |
The Times Concise |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Shot up |
Universal |
30 Jan 2021 |
| Got larger plug rewired, partially |
|
|
| Got bigger |
New York Times |
26 Jan 2021 |
| Burgeoned |
New York Times |
20 Nov 2020 |
| Got bigger, like a plant |
|
|
| Sprouted |
|
|
| Got bigger, like a tree |
|
|
| Mushroomed |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Aug 2020 |
| Sprang up, seeing if an absent wife rang back |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Jul 2020 |
| Cultivated |
The Washington Post |
23 May 2020 |
| Cultivated |
LA Times Daily |
23 May 2020 |
| Sprouted like a weed |
|
|
| Got taller |
Newsday |
18 Mar 2020 |
| Sprouted up |
Universal |
26 Feb 2020 |
| Burgeoned |
The Washington Post Sunday |
23 Feb 2020 |
| Heightened |
Premier Sunday |
19 Jan 2020 |
| Got larger |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Dec 2019 |
| Became larger |
Irish Times Simplex |
23 Oct 2019 |
| Mushroomed |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Oct 2019 |
| Increased in size |
The Times Concise |
03 Oct 2019 |
| Expanded |
Universal |
30 Sep 2019 |
| Produced, as produce |
The Washington Post Sunday |
22 Sep 2019 |
| Matured |
Universal |
01 Sep 2019 |
| What's great about head on wild rose? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Aug 2019 |
| Got bigger, like a plant |
|
|
| Expanded |
The Washington Post |
19 Jul 2019 |
| Expanded |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jul 2019 |
| 'Cultivated' Greece? That's disgusting! |
|
|
| Increased |
New York Times |
25 Jun 2019 |
| Sprouted like a weed |
|
|
| Developed |
New York Times |
01 Jun 2019 |
| ‘Cultivated‘ Greece? That's disgusting! |
|
|
| Increased in height, like a plant |
|
|
| Got bigger, like a plant |
|
|
| Got bigger |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Mar 2019 |
| Became bigger naturally |
|
|
| Burgeoned |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Developed physically and mentally |
|
|
| Developed in accepting reward |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jan 2019 |
| Sprouted up |
Family Time |
06 Jan 2019 |
| Developed |
|
|
| Increased |
|
|
| Expanded |
|
|
| Matured |
|
|
| Rose |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2018 |
| Some emigre was shot up? |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Dec 2018 |
| Increased in size |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Dec 2018 |
| Sprouted |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
21 Dec 2018 |
| Went up a size |
LA Times Daily |
06 Dec 2018 |
| Went up a size |
The Washington Post |
06 Dec 2018 |
| Got bigger, like a tree or a child |
|
|
| Became bigger in size with time |
|
|
| Enlarged or got bigger |
Family Time |
30 Sep 2018 |
| Some meagre wages increased |
|
|
| Increased, as in popularity |
USA Today |
07 Sep 2018 |
| Increased in height, say |
|
|
| Multiplied |
The Washington Post Sunday |
19 Aug 2018 |
| Some big reward got bigger |
|
|
| Approached adulthood |
USA Today |
06 Jun 2018 |
| Mushroomed |
The Washington Post |
20 May 2018 |
| Mushroomed |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2018 |
| Sprung up |
Jonesin |
15 May 2018 |
| Expanded |
Canadiana |
19 Feb 2018 |
| Sprouted |
New York Times |
13 Feb 2018 |
| Sprouted |
|
|
| Sprouted |
|
|
| Approached adulthood |
|
|
| Increased, as in popularity |
|
|
| Went up a size |
|
|
| Produced in the garden |
|
|
| Rose |
|
|
| Got bigger |
Universal |
20 Dec 2017 |
| Matured |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Nov 2017 |
| Enlarged |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Nov 2017 |
| Produced, as crops |
USA Today |
11 Oct 2017 |
| Got taller |
The Washington Post |
27 Sep 2017 |
| Got taller |
LA Times Daily |
27 Sep 2017 |
| Sprouted |
The Washington Post |
21 Aug 2017 |
| Sprouted |
LA Times Daily |
21 Aug 2017 |
| Increased, as an investment |
USA Today |
13 Aug 2017 |
| Got on in years |
|
|
| Ballooned |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Apr 2017 |
| Gathered steam |
The Washington Post |
19 Mar 2017 |
| Gathered steam |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2017 |
| Sprouted like a weed |
Universal |
26 Jan 2017 |
| Sprouted like a weed |
|
|
| Got taller |
|
|
| Increased, as an investment |
|
|
| Produced, as crops |
|
|
| Got bigger |
|
|
| Shot up |
The Washington Post |
25 Nov 2016 |
| Ballooned |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2016 |
| Became |
LA Times Daily |
04 Sep 2016 |
| Waxed |
New York Times |
03 Sep 2016 |
| Cultivated rose |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Jul 2016 |
| Shot up |
USA Today |
12 Jun 2016 |
| Sprouted |
Newsday |
12 Jun 2016 |
| Expanded, with a little work to go round |
|
|
| Got larger |
Family Time |
25 Apr 2016 |
| Got a larger size |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Apr 2016 |
| Increased |
The Washington Post |
03 Apr 2016 |
| Evolved |
New York Times |
10 Mar 2016 |
| Matured |
The Washington Post |
02 Feb 2016 |
| Mushroomed |
Universal |
11 Jan 2016 |
| Odd parts of garden we cultivated |
|
|
| Mushroomed |
|
|
| Ballooned |
|
|
| Waxed |
|
|
| Shot up |
|
|
| Ballooned |
Jonesin |
29 Sep 2015 |
| Got bigger |
Newsday |
08 Sep 2015 |
| Waxed |
Newsday |
29 Aug 2015 |
| Middle-age regret reportedly increased |
|
|
| Got taller |
Universal |
08 Aug 2015 |
| Got bigger |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Aug 2015 |
| Expanded |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2015 |
| Expanded |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 May 2015 |
| Matured |
New York Times |
19 Mar 2015 |
| Gained weight |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2015 |
| Gradually became |
Newsday |
13 Feb 2015 |
| Got larger |
The Times Concise |
03 Feb 2015 |
| Shot up |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jan 2015 |
| Got bigger |
|
|
| Waxed |
|
|
| Gradually became |
|
|
| Expanded |
|
|
| Gained weight |
|
|
| Matured |
|
|
| Sprouted |
|
|
| Burgeoned |
|
|
| Became |
|
|
| Got taller |
|
|
| Brute's disposed of first wife (shot up) |
|
|
| What fanbase did after tour |
|
|
| Increased |
|
|
| Increased in size |
|
|
| Opposite of contracted |
|
|
| Got bigger |
|
|
| Ballooned |
|
|
| Developed |
|
|
| Got taller |
|
|
| Expanded |
|
|
| Developed |
|
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| Developed |
|
|
| Mushroomed |
|
|
| Sprouted |
|
|
| Enlarged |
|
|
| Filled out, maybe |
|
|
| Shot up |
|
|
| Snowballed |
|
|
| Added inches |
|
|
| Shot up |
|
|
| Became an adult (with "up") |
|
|
| Multiplied |
|
|
| Got larger |
|
|
| Cultivated |
|
|
| Shot up |
|
|
| Increased |
|
|
| Sprang up |
|
|
| Shot up |
|
|
| Cultivated |
|
|
| Got longer, like Pinocchio's nose |
|
|
| Cultivated |
|
|
| Increased in size |
|
|
| Added inches |
|
|
| Got big |
|
|
| Expanded |
|
|
| Expanded |
|
|
| Cultivated |
|
|
| Increased in stature |
|
|
| Multiplied |
|
|
| Mushroomed |
|
|
| Filled out |
|
|
| Achieved greater proportions |
|
|
| Cultivated |
|
|
| Needed bigger shoes |
|
|
| Expanded |
|
|
| Became enlarged |
|
|
| Became |
|
|
| Reached maturity |
|
|
| Developed |
|
|
| Expanded |
|
|
| Snowballed |
|
|
| Became |
|
|
| Sprouted |
|
|
| Got big |
|
|
| Branched out |
|
|
| Mushroomed |
|
|
| Shot up |
|
|
| Became bigger |
|
|
| Developed |
|
|
| Matured |
|
|
| Boomed |
|
|
| Became bigger |
|
|
| Developed |
|
|
| Matured |
|
|
| Shot up |
|
|
| Matured |
|
|
| Neared maturity |
|
|
| Got larger |
|
|
| Sprang up |
|
|
| Sprang up |
|
|
| Got larger |
|
|
| Shrank's opposite |
|
|
| Got taller |
|
|
| Mushroomed |
|
|
| Became an adult, with "up" |
|
|
| Mushroomed |
|
|
| Shot up |
|
|
| Expanded |
|
|
| Achieved greater proportions |
|
|
| Sprouted |
|
|
| Sprang up |
|
|
| Got taller |
|
|
| Expanded |
|
|
| Matured |
|
|
| Expanded |
|
|
| Got bigger |
|
|
| Shot up |
|
|
| Went from tot to teen |
|
|
| Enlarged |
|
|
| Burgeoned |
|
|
| Matured |
|
|
| Became larger |
|
|
| Got bigger |
|
|
| Added inches |
|
|
| Sprouted like a weed |
|
|
| Was a good investment |
|
|
| Multiplied |
|
|
| Increased |
|
|
| Deepened |
|
|
| Waxed |
|
|
| Got bigger |
|
|
| Snowballed |
|
|
| Increased |
|
|
| Flourished |
|
|
| ___ up (matured) |
|
|
| Expanded |
|
|
| Accreted |
|
|
| Sprang up |
|
|
| Rose gradually |
|
|
| Spread |
|
|
| Prospered |
|
|
| Sprung up |
|
|
| Cultivated |
|
|
| New Under-Secretary of State. |
|
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| Former Asst. Secy. of State. |
|
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| U.S. envoy the Japs sent home. |
|
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| Attained stature. |
|
|
| Former U. S. Ambassador to Japan. |
|
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| Sprouted. |
|
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| Former Ambassador to Tokyo. |
|
|
| Accrued. |
|
|
| Waxed. |
|
|
| Thrived. |
|
|
| Increased. |
|
|
| Flourished. |
|
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| Burgeoned. |
|
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| Prospered. |
|
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| Mounted. |
|
|
| Sprang up. |
|
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| Ambassador to Japan, 1932–41. |
|
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| Topsy did. |
|
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| Former Ambassador to Japan. |
|
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| Emulated Topsy. |
|
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| Under-Secretary of State. |
|
|