Crossword Saturday

Where goats go to escape
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Good evening, hlvp, and thanks as always.

10A
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CLARA
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14D
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HOLIER THAN THOU anagram
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Evening (here) FK. Going to bed soon, so it's over to you until tomorrow.
I think 4A is
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STOCKING
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INEPT in + ep (record) + t (time)
I may be wrong with both
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Yes, I guessed it was evening for you there.

I’ll hold off now a bit so that all the lads have a fresh crossword to attack for the weekend.
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FujiKiwi wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2020 12:02 am Yes, I guessed it was evening for you there.

I’ll hold off now a bit so that all the lads have a fresh crossword to attack for the weekend.
The crosswords are a bit sparse over weekends. I'll see if I can get Globus re-energised. The Sunday Times xword will knock you out.
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Phew, hot night!

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= brassy > bray around SS
3D
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= shamble > she around 'lamb' anag
12A
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= amoebic > 'coma backwards around 'i be' backwards
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Morning, Tabasco. 31 degrees here in Japan, 5 in the evening.

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AYATOLLAH
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Supposed to hit 32C here later...

10A - already done!

I'll hold off for a bit now...
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15D
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OPPRESSED “press” inside “op-ed”
27A
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FEUDAL in words
25A
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ISSUE
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TRISTRAM SHANDY anag
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= backache > back + 'ace' around H
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ALIGNMENT anag
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WHIPPERSNAPPER
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CATCH TWENTYTWO
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21A
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= reagent
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= Aztec
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24A
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= outwitted
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= groove
26A
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= escargot
18D Don't get the parse but has to be
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= Premier
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= trotter
8D again don't see the parse
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= 'gators
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gats around Other Ranks
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pier around REM
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Thanks, I really was on a different wavelength for those two!
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ARCHERY "a cherry" anagram
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For 16D
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PRAY TELL
seems to fit. But can only get the vaguest sense of how this could be parsed. Would it be possible that
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"pray" is a play on lamPREY
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I don't know. Feel like I'm on the wrong track here, maybe.
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19D
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ARCHIVE with Archie being the young prince writing the "V" for verse
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FujiKiwi wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:01 am For 16D
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PRAY TELL
seems to fit. But can only get the vaguest sense of how this could be parsed. Would it be possible that
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"pray" is a play on lamPREY
?

I don't know. Feel like I'm on the wrong track here, maybe.
I think it could be
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= grey seal > sounds like/reportedly grace eel
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tabascoboy wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:17 am
FujiKiwi wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:01 am For 16D
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PRAY TELL
seems to fit. But can only get the vaguest sense of how this could be parsed. Would it be possible that
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"pray" is a play on lamPREY
?

I don't know. Feel like I'm on the wrong track here, maybe.
I think it could be
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= grey seal > sounds like/reportedly grace eel
Thanks, tabasco 👍. Much better.
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hlvp
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I can put up a recent toughie if anyone feels the need for a further fix.
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Thanks hlvp, but my brain is a bit fried. I'll leave everyone else to it and come back refreshed tomorrow. Great to see you and tabasco at work today. Two maestros. 👍
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