Preoccupied Crossword Clue
4 letters · New York Times · Sunday, February 23, 1997 · 63-Down
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Sunday, February 23, 1997.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · February 23, 1997 · 63-Down · 4 letters
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deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"
adjective
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