The Clue
Bush judicial appointee (7 letter answer)
The Answer
ROBERTS
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Notes
The answer ROBERTS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2100 puzzles.
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Definition
ROBERTS as a noun:
1. (Roberts, Richard J. Roberts, Richard John Roberts) = United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
2. (Roberts, Oral Roberts) = United States evangelist (born 1918)
3. (Roberts, Kenneth Roberts) = United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957)
4. (Roberts, Bartholomew Roberts) = a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722)
ROBERT as a noun:
1. (Robert, Henry M. Robert, Henry Martyn Robert) = United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)