| 20 answers for: Oppressive person, thing or influence (7) |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| INCUBUS | Oppressive person, thing or influence (7) |
| JINX | A person, thing or influence supposed to bring bad luck (4) |
| ABUSER | Oppressive person |
| DICTATOR | Act to rid movement of oppressive person (8) |
| OGRE | Oppressive person |
| SMUDGER | Journo slang for a photographer; a besmircher, smearer, stump, tortillon or other blending, blurring or rubbing person/thing; or, a fumigator (7) |
| STOPPER | A bung, cork, plug or spigot for sealing a bottle, decanter, duct or pipe; or, a person/thing that halts a crime, goal, show or other process (7) |
| TICKLER | A cane; a dram of spirits; a feather-brush; a memorandum; a trout-guddler; or, a difficult problem, riddle or other perplexing, poking, stimulating, titillating or vellicating person/thing (7) |
| MENTION | A reference to someone's merit; or, a nod to a person/thing generally (7) |
| COEQUAL | Person/thing on a par with another (7) |
| PEEWEE | From Scots for "little, tiny", word for a small child, mini toy marble or other diminutive person/thing; or, one of the onomatopoeic epithets of a lapwing, magpie lark or tyrant flycatcher (6) |
| ENIGMA | Person, thing or situation that is mysterious or puzzling (6) |
| SOANDSO | This/that person/thing |
| SCOURGE | Person/thing causing great suffering |
| PLACE | Person, thing or ___ |
| RAREBIRD | Exceptional person, thing or feathered friend (4,4) |
| TURFWAR | Conflict over territory or influence |
| EMPOWER | Imbue with strength or influence |
| CUTTER | A biscuit-dough shaper, hedge trimmer, jigsaw, lawnmower, mason, snips, topiarist or other person/thing for pruning, severing or slicing (6) |
| ROCKER | A cradle, curved support for a chair, hobby-horse, mod's rival, mosher, R'n'R fan or other reeling, swaying, swinging or wobbling person/thing (6) |
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