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You [demagogues] are like the fishers for eels; in still waters they catch nothing, but if they thoroughly stir up the slime, their fishing is good; in the same way it's only in troublous times that you line your pockets.
Aristophanes The Knights demagoguery disdain eels filth fishing

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  16. ARISTOPHANES DRAMA, WITH 68.57%
  17. "Ares' chick": Aristophanes 68.57%
  18. "Ares' chick."—Aristophanes. 68.57%
  19. Theater for Aristophanes 66.67%
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Unscramble ARISTOPHANES12-letter words that start with A12-letter words that end in S12-letter words containing RI12-letter words containing ES12-letter words with A and R
Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
NEE
Hint 3 another clue
AND STILL ___
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