| Keeps mum’s authority |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Oct 2023 |
| Military unit capturing last of enemy with zero authority |
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| Order for one sailor to make a U-turn |
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| Order, for example, thus |
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| Mere assertion |
The Times Concise |
11 May 2021 |
| Permission, for example, like that |
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| Very subservient to state authority |
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| Authority stays tight-lipped? |
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| Consent expresses nothing |
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| Final authority is Mum? |
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| Approval from nosy assistant misdirected |
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| Authority that doesn't speak? |
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| Authority keeps quiet |
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| Authority to get broadcast? |
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| Verbal, but unwritten, authority |
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| Directive to regularly scan eye's rot |
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| Authority comes out with circular letter |
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| …but authority utters nothing? |
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| Scrawny busybody regularly put out a rumour |
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| Keeps quiet authority |
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| Authority coming from state, in this manner |
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