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Mother Who Was All Tears Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is NIOBE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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199%5Exact Match!
228%9Tears material — tears material?
324%4Mother's mother

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We think the answer is "NIOBE" which means:

    noun
  • • (greek mythology) the daughter of tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked apollo and artemis to slay them all; niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss

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