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Cringes seeing interviews ultimately after game (6)

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quails

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'cringes' is the definition.
('quail' can be a synonym of 'cringe')

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(Other definitions for quails that I've seen before include "Flinches" , "Small game birds" , "Game birds - shows fear" , "Cringes before the game birds" .)

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