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“Authority intoxicates, / And makes mere sots of magistrates; / The ____ of it invade the brain” (Samuel Butler) Crossword Clue
Here is the answer for the crossword clue “Authority intoxicates, / And makes mere sots of magistrates; / The ____ of it invade the brain” (Samuel Butler) last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is FUMES.
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Crossword Answer For “Authority intoxicates, / And makes mere sots of magistrates; / The ____ of it invade the brain” (Samuel Butler):
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| Rank | Answer | Length | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98% | FUMES “Authority intoxicates, / And makes mere sots of magistrates; / The ____ of it invade the brain” (Samuel Butler) | (5) | The Times Specialist Sunday | Aug 7, 2022 |
| 4% | ONLY Merely | (4) | The Telegraph Quick | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 4% | HIGH Intoxicated | (4) | The Telegraph Quick | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 3% | ATTILA Roman Empire invader | (6) | Thomas Joseph | Oct 15, 2025 |
| 3% | SPOKETO Reprimanded drunken sot receiving prod | (7) | The Telegraph Cryptic | Oct 15, 2025 |
| 3% | SHOWIN Do a butler's job | (6) | LA Times Daily | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 3% | IDEA Brain product | (4) | Wall Street Journal | Oct 11, 2025 |
| 3% | ANGLE Perspective of Germanic invader | (5) | The Times Quick Cryptic | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 3% | BEAK Magistrate miserable releasing 50 | (4) | The Times Quick Cryptic | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 3% | CPU Computing brain | (3) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | Oct 9, 2025 |
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