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There are 37 clues with the answer 'MALAPROPISM'
# CLUE
1.
Language error such as Mike Tyson's "I might just fade into Bolivian" comment after a 2002 defeat
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Use of wrong word for pomp is alarm perhaps (11)
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Misapplication of words (11)
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Use of an inappropriate, though similar-sounding, word (11)
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The unintentional misuse of a word, named after a character in Sheridan's play The Rivals
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Mistaken use of a word for a similar one
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The French forward is wearing old lady's slip
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A learner needing a supporter is hugged by maidens saying the wrong thing
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Funny use of a word may land prompt picket smasher, losing increasing characters in the end (11)
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Unintentional misuse of a word (11)
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Unintentional misuse of a word
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Grammatical solecism (11)
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Unintentional confusion of one word with another (by someone in a Sheridan play?) (11)
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The use of a word in mistake for one sounding similar, to comic effect
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What features more than once in The Rifles by Sheraton?
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Rugby player, during brief unease back in scrum, shows verbal confusion
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Blunder in theatre not altogether normal - a prop is missing
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Moral map is quietly compiled with a word in the wrong place (11)
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Verbal misapplication (11)
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Turn of expression
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Savagery
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PARTIAL POST
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Misuse
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Figure of speech
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Barbarism
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Abuse
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Error in play that's an allegory for an alligator? (11)
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Misapplication of the French article in play is embodied by matriarch
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Word used in the wrong context, to comic effect (11)
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Possible result of muddling one's words (11)