8d. soothes, relieves, 5letters --s - s.
16a. discerned the latest, we hear. 4 letters - n -w
20a. a region uncultivate and uninhabited. 10 letters - e - d - - - e - s
18d. what the desert is known for ? sardines, bizzarely
8letters - - - d - e - s
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