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The Clue
Fortified (9 letter answer)
The Answer
EMBATTLED
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Notes
The answer EMBATTLED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
EMBATTLED as an adjective:
1. beset with attackers or controversy or conflict; "embattled troops"; "an embattled governor"
2. prepared for battle; "an embattled city"
3. (embattled, battlemented, castled, castellated, crenelated, crenellated, crenelate, crenellate, indented) = having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding"