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Does it ease the map-maker's problems? (6)

Ross

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relief

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'it ease the map-maker's problems?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for relief that I've seen before include "Alleviation of anxiety" , "Assistance given to people in need" , "Lightening of a burden" , "Help or easement" , "Deliverance from siege" .)

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