Re: Crossword - Thursday

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Thanks hlvp.

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WINDSCREEN WIPER anagram
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1A
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ell
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Thanks HVLP,

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war bride
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celandines
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ell
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Or even hlvp,

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leathers
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indies
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cape
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3D
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DIGITALLY
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hlvp wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:54 am 2D
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LIEGE
Oh, that's beautiful. Lovely word. 👏
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I think 28a is actually
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plying
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Carthage
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ell wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:06 am I think 28a is actually
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Delphi
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wear thin
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belt
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capitalist
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Nobody has posted 17D? I could not get it for the life of me. Or 8D, either.
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FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:34 am Nobody has posted 17D? I could not get it for the life of me. Or 8D, either.
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DAVIS CUP record = disc, a very = av, good fortune = up
don't like it though.
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hlvp wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:47 am
FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:34 am Nobody has posted 17D? I could not get it for the life of me. Or 8D, either.
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DAVIS CUP record = disc, a very = av, good fortune = up
don't like it though.
Oh, I see. That's a very obscure parsing.
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8D
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DISCERNED. I know there is a town in Norfolk called Diss. It's spelt double S so I don't know where the C comes from. Also erned (earned)
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hlvp wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:53 am 8D
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DISCERNED. I know there is a town in Norfolk called Diss. It's spelt double S so I don't know where the C comes from. Also erned (earned)
Thanks, hlvp. 👍. I should have probably got it from the letters I already had but I was drawing a blank, and lacking confidence through not being an aficionado of Norfolk towns.
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FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:56 am
hlvp wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:53 am 8D
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DISCERNED. I know there is a town in Norfolk called Diss. It's spelt double S so I don't know where the C comes from. Also erned (earned)
Thanks, hlvp. 👍. I should have probably got it from the letters I already had but I was drawing a blank, and lacking confidence through not being an aficionado of Norfolk towns.
Agreed. It's an unfair clue.
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hlvp wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:03 am
FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:56 am
hlvp wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:53 am 8D
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DISCERNED. I know there is a town in Norfolk called Diss. It's spelt double S so I don't know where the C comes from. Also erned (earned)
Thanks, hlvp. 👍. I should have probably got it from the letters I already had but I was drawing a blank, and lacking confidence through not being an aficionado of Norfolk towns.
Agreed. It's an unfair clue.
Like FujiKiwi , I would not know Norfolk towns.

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the "heard" bit signals a homophone, so

Diss earned (sounds like) discerned
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