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The Clue
Perennial trouble spot (7 letter answer)
The Answer
MIDEAST
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Notes
The answer MIDEAST is so rare that it appears less than once every 2900 puzzles.
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Definition
MIDEAST as a noun:
1. (Middle East, Mideast, Near East) = the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"