| Break in friendly relations |
Puzzler Backwords |
11 Feb 2026 |
| Friendship ender |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jan 2026 |
| Diplomatic squabble |
Newsday |
22 Jan 2026 |
| Big break |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2025 |
| Split |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Dec 2025 |
| Break in relations |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Dec 2025 |
| Falling-out |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Dec 2025 |
| Falling-out between friends, perhaps |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Oct 2025 |
| Falling-out |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Oct 2025 |
| Fissure |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Falling-out among friends |
USA Today |
13 Oct 2025 |
| Big falling-out |
USA Today |
12 Oct 2025 |
| Break in friendly relations |
Puzzler Backwords |
20 Sep 2025 |
| Break in relations |
USA Today Quick |
07 Sep 2025 |
| Interpersonal falling-out |
USA Today |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Drifting around division (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Aug 2025 |
| Split (4) |
Mirror Quick |
15 Aug 2025 |
| Narrow opening twelve inches to the right (4) |
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| Gap created by a split |
The Times Concise |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Split (4) |
Mirror Quick |
11 Jun 2025 |
| Drifting around division (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
11 Jun 2025 |
| Disagreement |
Mirror Tea Time |
30 May 2025 |
| In geology, a major fault or zone of faults |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
25 May 2025 |
| Split between friends |
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| Split |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 May 2025 |
| Split ends of hair must hold condition |
|
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| A split is right for the left elevator (4) |
|
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| Difference of opinion |
Newsday |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Falling-out |
LA Times Daily |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Break in friendly relations |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Apr 2025 |
| Serious break in friendly relations (4) |
|
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| Break in relations |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Apr 2025 |
| Divide or gap |
|
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| Break in personal relations |
|
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| Falling-out |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Mar 2025 |
| Don't start to float split (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
12 Mar 2025 |
| Split first part of the tree up |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Feb 2025 |
| If right about the breach (4) |
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| Fissure |
LA Times Daily |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Difference of opinion |
Newsday |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Opening? Intent on cancelling opening |
The Telegraph Toughie |
30 Jan 2025 |
| The Great __ Valley, feature of east Africa (4) |
The Guardian Weekend |
25 Jan 2025 |
| Narrow opening one foot to the right (4) |
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| Estrangement between friends |
|
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| Don't start to float split (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Doubt in case of recruitment produces split (4) |
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| It makes the lute less harmonious (4) |
|
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| Split a tree up on time (4) |
|
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| Irish king takes sides in fight, causing break in friendly relations |
|
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| Marital estrangement |
|
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| Fissure |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Nov 2024 |
| A cleft (4) |
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| Right foot going round one fissure (4) |
|
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| If right for tea there should be a fissure in it (4) |
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| Alliance's opposite |
Newsday |
21 Sep 2024 |
| Split in movement after director leaves (4) |
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| Beginning of a family feud, say |
Universal |
20 Sep 2024 |
| Fracture one foot at end of run (4) |
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| Uneven rail fits the fissure (4) |
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| Breach (4) |
Puzzler |
31 Aug 2024 |
| Break in good relations between families or countries (4) |
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| Fissure |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Aug 2024 |
| Definite split |
The Sun Mini |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Break in a relationship (rhymes with "gift") |
|
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| A crack that can lead to much strife |
|
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| Fracture one got in the right foot (4) |
|
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| Tear if tendon is partly split (4) |
|
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| Schism |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jun 2024 |
| Split, fissure |
The Sun Mini |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Division |
Mirror Quick |
21 May 2024 |
| Drifting around chasm |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 May 2024 |
| Split found in sweater if torn (4) |
|
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| Break in good relations |
|
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| Break between friends |
|
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| Falling-out |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 May 2024 |
| A crack from some drifter (4) |
|
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| Breach in friendly relations |
Mirror Classic |
16 Apr 2024 |
| General meaning after expulsion of Democrat in split (4) |
|
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| If right about the separation (4) |
|
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| Split |
Mirror Quick |
31 Mar 2024 |
| Drifting around division |
Mirror Cryptic |
31 Mar 2024 |
| Split trousers initially after climbing tree (4) |
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| FRIT |
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| Schism |
Universal |
23 Mar 2024 |
| Ground rent (4) |
|
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| What a falling-out causes |
Universal |
06 Mar 2024 |
| Musical version of some-one rocking the boat? (4,2.3,4) |
|
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| If stuffed into the right crevice |
|
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| A split in a tree showing up on time (4) |
|
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| Gap or space made by cleaving or splitting; fissure (4) |
|
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| Disagreement |
Newsday |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Fissure, chasm |
The Times Concise |
14 Dec 2023 |
| Drifting around split |
Mirror Cryptic |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Division |
Mirror Quick |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Fissure a drifter circumvented (4) |
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| Falling-out between friends |
LA Times Daily |
20 Nov 2023 |
| Split |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Break in a friendship |
Universal |
31 Oct 2023 |
| Big falling-out |
USA Today |
30 Oct 2023 |
| Breakup |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Oct 2023 |
| Break in relations |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Sep 2023 |
| Falling-out |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Sep 2023 |
| Break in relations |
LA Times Daily |
15 Aug 2023 |
| Fault |
LA Times Daily |
13 Aug 2023 |
| Split |
The Guardian Quick |
24 Jul 2023 |
| Divide |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jun 2023 |
| Difference of opinion |
Newsday |
03 May 2023 |
| Social split |
New York Times |
06 Apr 2023 |
| Schism |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Apr 2023 |
| Breach |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2023 |
| Break or split in something (rhymes with "sift") |
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| Crack, split |
The Times Concise |
12 Dec 2022 |
| Estrangement |
Universal |
04 Dec 2022 |
| Break right foot when crossing isle |
The Times Cryptic |
02 Dec 2022 |
| Fissure |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Nov 2022 |
| Division |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Oct 2022 |
| Difference of opinion |
Newsday |
18 Sep 2022 |
| Falling-out |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Sep 2022 |
| Fissure |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Jul 2022 |
| Diplomacy breakdown |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jul 2022 |
| Narrow fissure in a rock (anagram of "frit") |
|
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| Disagreement |
Newsday |
05 Apr 2022 |
| Break in relations |
Universal |
18 Feb 2022 |
| Break in friendship |
Premier Sunday |
06 Feb 2022 |
| Schism |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Jan 2022 |
| Break from cover if threatened |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Nov 2021 |
| Major falling-out |
USA Today |
07 Nov 2021 |
| Falling-out |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2021 |
| Big break |
New York Times |
04 Aug 2021 |
| Split |
The Times Concise |
01 Aug 2021 |
| Serious divide |
New York Times |
18 Jul 2021 |
| Crack appears in glacier, if thawing |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Jul 2021 |
| Breach in snow formation off the summit |
Irish Times Crosaire |
19 Jun 2021 |
| Major fault |
Universal |
05 Jun 2021 |
| Falling-out |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 May 2021 |
| Break in relations |
Universal |
17 Apr 2021 |
| Breach |
Newsday |
21 Jan 2021 |
| Break in relations |
New York Times |
11 Jan 2021 |
| Estrangement |
Universal |
26 Dec 2020 |
| Crack in rotten, hollow fruit |
|
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| Split |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Dec 2020 |
| Rock fissure |
Premier Sunday |
22 Nov 2020 |
| Big break |
The Washington Post |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Big break |
LA Times Daily |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Break in friendship |
|
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| Oculus ___ (virtual reality headset) |
|
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| It may precede a breakup |
New York Times |
10 Sep 2020 |
| Friendship problem |
USA Today |
01 Sep 2020 |
| Break in friendly relations |
|
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| Serious break in relations |
New York Times |
11 Aug 2020 |
| Disagreement |
Universal |
21 Jul 2020 |
| Split between personalities |
The Washington Post |
20 Jun 2020 |
| Split between personalities |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jun 2020 |
| Lost without commercial break |
|
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| Breakup |
LA Times Daily |
16 Mar 2020 |
| Breakup |
The Washington Post |
16 Mar 2020 |
| Split in "th _ _ _ _ y" or "d _ _ _ _ ing"? |
Universal |
02 Mar 2020 |
| Interpersonal distancing |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2019 |
| Division |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Nov 2019 |
| Break in relations |
USA Today |
21 Sep 2019 |
| Breach |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Sep 2019 |
| Meaning to dismiss leader in schism |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Sep 2019 |
| Break in diplomacy |
Newsday |
01 Sep 2019 |
| Crack, split |
The Times Concise |
20 Aug 2019 |
| Break in a friendship |
USA Today |
07 Aug 2019 |
| Major falling-out |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2019 |
| Break in friendship |
|
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| Falling-out |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jul 2019 |
| Cause of an unfriending |
Family Time |
21 Jul 2019 |
| Split apart after having played an accompaniment on the radio |
|
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| Falling-out |
New York Times |
25 Jun 2019 |
| Result of a falling-out |
Premier Sunday |
09 Jun 2019 |
| Geological fault |
USA Today |
13 May 2019 |
| Break in relations |
Newsday |
21 Apr 2019 |
| Falling-out |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2019 |
| Diplomatic squabble |
Newsday |
14 Apr 2019 |
| Diplomatic break |
USA Today |
06 Apr 2019 |
| Breach |
LA Times Daily |
20 Mar 2019 |
| Breach |
The Washington Post |
20 Mar 2019 |
| Break in friendly relations |
|
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| Break in relations |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Mar 2019 |
| Diplomatic falling-out |
USA Today |
01 Mar 2019 |
| Fissure |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Jan 2019 |
| Breach |
|
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| Break in a friendship |
|
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| Break in relations |
|
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| Diplomatic break |
|
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| Diplomatic falling-out |
|
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| Geological fault |
|
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| Major falling-out |
|
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| Falling-out |
|
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| Break in relations |
|
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| Falling-out |
|
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| Splitting spat |
Universal |
02 Aug 2018 |
| Bad blood |
Universal |
07 Jul 2018 |
| Estrangement |
Newsday |
03 May 2018 |
| Oculus ___ (virtual reality headset) |
|
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| Break in relations |
LA Times Daily |
09 Apr 2018 |
| Break in relations |
The Washington Post |
09 Apr 2018 |
| Eastern ___ Mountains, range in Africa whose highest peak is Mount Kilimanjaro |
|
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| Schism |
The Times Concise |
25 Mar 2018 |
| Fissure |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Mar 2018 |
| Losing some faith finally in prudence, causing split |
|
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| Split in relationship (drifting apart) |
|
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| Disagreement |
Newsday |
07 Feb 2018 |
| Break in friendly relations |
|
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| Break in relations |
|
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| Bad blood |
|
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| Splitting spat |
|
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| Break in friendly relations |
USA Today |
13 Oct 2017 |
| Falling out |
Universal |
09 Sep 2017 |
| Fissure |
New York Times |
12 Jun 2017 |
| Schism |
Canadiana |
05 Jun 2017 |
| Falling-out |
LA Times Daily |
05 Apr 2017 |
| Falling-out |
The Washington Post |
05 Apr 2017 |
| Frequent reality-show plot line |
Newsday |
14 Jan 2017 |
| Fissure |
|
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| Break in friendly relations |
|
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| Falling out |
|
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| Falling-out |
|
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| Schism |
New York Times |
05 Dec 2016 |
| Falling-out |
Premier Sunday |
04 Dec 2016 |
| Meaning to dismiss Head, causing disagreement |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Nov 2016 |
| Meaning to dismiss Head, causing disagreement |
|
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| Friendship destroyer, sometimes |
Universal |
25 Nov 2016 |
| Diplomacy breakdown |
Universal |
10 Nov 2016 |
| Fissure |
Newsday |
08 Nov 2016 |
| Split |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Oct 2016 |
| Crack, split, break |
The Times Concise |
06 Sep 2016 |
| Divide |
LA Times Daily |
19 Aug 2016 |
| Schism |
The Washington Post |
29 Apr 2016 |
| Falling-out |
USA Today |
26 Apr 2016 |
| Break |
LA Times Daily |
17 Apr 2016 |
| Africa's Great __ Valley |
LA Times Daily |
06 Apr 2016 |
| Lack of harmony as tenor misses introduction |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Mar 2016 |
| Schism |
USA Today |
24 Feb 2016 |
| Diplomacy breakdown |
|
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| Schism |
|
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| Divide |
|
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| -- valley, one caused by subsidence |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
13 Dec 2015 |
| This might sound like great craic or the makings of a feud |
Irish Times Crosaire |
14 Nov 2015 |
| Break in friendly relations |
Universal |
22 Sep 2015 |
| Leader sacked in current breach |
|
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| Fissure; split |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Jun 2015 |
| Artiste regularly checks fine cleavage |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 May 2015 |
| It's the geologist's fault |
New York Times |
07 May 2015 |
| Disagreement |
New York Times |
19 Apr 2015 |
| Schism |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Apr 2015 |
| Valley created by plates moving apart? |
|
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| Estrangement |
New York Times |
22 Feb 2015 |
| Difference of opinion |
Newsday |
13 Jan 2015 |
| Major fault |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2015 |
| Major fault |
|
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| Disagreement |
|
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| Break in relations |
|
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| It's the geologist's fault |
|
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| Fissure |
|
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| Difference of opinion |
|
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| Break in friendly relations |
|
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| Oculus ___ (virtual reality headset) |
|
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| Split |
|
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| Estrangement |
|
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| Break right foot crossing one |
|
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| '93 Phish "Maze" album |
|
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| Falling-out |
|
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| Member split |
|
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| One may lead to a feud |
|
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| Breach of friendship |
|
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| Start of many a feud |
|
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| Band falling-out |
|
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| Estrangement |
|
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| Start of many a feud |
|
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| Falling-out result |
|
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| Break in relations |
|
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| Crevice |
|
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| Diplomacy breakdown |
|
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| Break in friendly relations |
|
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| Break in relations |
|
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| Friends' feud |
|
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| Geologist's fault |
|
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| Divide |
|
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| Split |
|
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| Major falling-out |
|
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| '93 Phish album |
|
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| Breach |
|
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| Division sign |
|
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| Break |
|
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| Break in friendship |
|
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| Break |
|
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| Disagreement |
|
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| Falling-out |
|
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| Break |
|
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| Break in friendship |
|
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| Separation |
|
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| Falling-out |
|
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| Fissure |
|
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| Gulf |
|
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| Break in diplomacy |
|
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| Reconciliation preceder |
|
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| Friendship ender |
|
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| Estrangement |
|
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| Falling-out |
|
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| Falling-out result |
|
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| Schism |
|
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| Large separation |
|
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| Estrangement |
|
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| Diplomatic woe |
|
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| Break (m) |
|
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| Estrangement |
|
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| Schism |
|
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| Start of a breakup |
|
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| Break (m) |
|
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| Break in relations |
|
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| Narrow fissure |
|
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| Gulf |
|
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| Fissure |
|
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| Gulf |
|
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| Breakup |
|
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| Open space |
|
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| Chasm |
|
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| Fissure |
|
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| Schism |
|
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| Diplomatic break |
|
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| Chink |
|
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| A narrow fissure in rock |
|
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| Break |
|
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| Break in friendly relations |
|
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| Schism |
|
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| Division |
|
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| Great divide |
|
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| Great ___ Valley (African feature) |
|
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| Seeds of a divorce |
|
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| Severance |
|
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| Falling out |
|
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| Clear breach |
|
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| Crevice |
|
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| Break in friendly relations |
|
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| Breach |
|
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| Diplomatic break |
|
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| Break in relations |
|
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| Altercation |
|
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| Fault of an earthquake |
|
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| Narrow fissure in rock |
|
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| Split |
|
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| Split |
|
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| Split |
|
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| Falling out |
|
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| Great __ Valley |
|
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| Great __ Valley |
|
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| Result of a quarrel, perhaps |
|
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| Serious difference of opinion |
|
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| Falling-out result |
|
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| Squabble |
|
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| Diplomatic woe |
|
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| Schism |
|
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| Diplomatic woe |
|
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| Friends' problem |
|
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| Friends' problem |
|
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| Fissure |
|
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| Bad blood |
|
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| Split |
|
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| Diplomacy breakdown |
|
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| Diplomatic to-do |
|
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| Altercation result |
|
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| Short rhythmic phrase, in music |
|
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| Division |
|
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| Diplomatic woe |
|
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| Falling out |
|
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| Difference of opinion |
|
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| Fissure |
|
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| Great divide |
|
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| Opening |
|
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| Fissure |
|
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| Break |
|
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| Disagreement |
|
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| Breach |
|
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| Break in relations |
|
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| Diplomacy breakdown |
|
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| Falling out |
|
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| Squabble |
|
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| Break in friendly relations |
|
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| Narrow fissure |
|
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| Estrangement |
|
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| Separation |
|
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| Estrangement |
|
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| Schism |
|
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| Crevice |
|
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| Schism |
|
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| Disagreement |
|
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| Cleavage |
|
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| Quarrel's result |
|
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| Crevasse |
|
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| Rock fissure |
|
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| Schism |
|
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| Crack |
|
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| Breach |
|
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| Divergence |
|
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| Opening made by splitting. |
|
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| Break. |
|
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| Crack. |
|
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| Space in a rocky relationship? |
|
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| Chink. |
|
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| Split. |
|
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| Beginning of the end, say |
|
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| Breach. |
|
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| Schism. |
|
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| Fissure. |
|
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| Marital problem |
|
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| Breach of friendship |
|
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| Cleave. |
|
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| Cleavage. |
|
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| Gap between. |
|
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