The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SANDMAN
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More clues leading to the result SANDMAN
- Kinky practices with an individual who might get you dreaming
- Sleep-inducing type of chants and mantras, without beginning or end
- Fifty Shades-type behaviour an unwelcome sight in the bedroom
- Fictional character giving and receiving pain, extremely authoritarian
- S&M article, one that’ll knock you out!
- He induces sleep with morphine, initially in the sanatorium
- S&M article, one putting the young to sleep
- Kinky sex: an unpleasant notion for kids?
- Kinky sex an ally to feeling sleepy
- Beach model, a dream-inducer?
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What does SANDMAN mean?
SANDMAN noun- A legendary figure who is said to bring good sleep and dreams by sprinkling magical sand into people's eyes.
- Used as a symbol of the passage of time toward death.