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DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 5:38 am
by hlvp
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Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 6:10 am
by FujiKiwi
Hello and thanks, hlvp. Rain showers this afternoon.

26A
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CHRISTMAS CARDS

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 6:13 am
by FujiKiwi
16D
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DECREPIT

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 6:20 am
by hlvp
Hello FK. Cool and cloudless.

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FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 6:22 am
by hlvp
13D
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PICCALILLI

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 6:23 am
by hlvp
14A
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REMAIN
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DEFECTED
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OVERLAP

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 6:26 am
by hlvp
21A
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POPULARITY
23D
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DISC

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 6:27 am
by FujiKiwi
2D
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FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 6:45 am
by hlvp
20D
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UTOPIA

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 6:47 am
by FujiKiwi
21A
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POPULARITY

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 6:49 am
by tabascoboy
Sunny, 6C

Going to go out on a limb with 1A
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= unflappability

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 7:02 am
by hlvp
tabascoboy wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 6:49 am Sunny, 6C

Going to go out on a limb with 1A
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= unflappability
Nice going. I was trying to justify
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REFRIGERATIONS
:oops:

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 7:04 am
by hlvp
3D
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ALSO

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 7:24 am
by hlvp
7D
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TIGHTROPE WALKER

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 7:27 am
by hlvp
15A
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PENSIONS
6D
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LOUNGE SUIT
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TRUDGED

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 7:33 am
by tabascoboy
5D
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= betrayer
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= straighten
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= Adonis
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= utensil
1D ?
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= usurper ?

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 7:42 am
by hlvp
18A
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DIRECT
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HAIR
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PRICKED

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 7:43 am
by hlvp
19D
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TIRADES

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 7:49 am
by tabascoboy
11A
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= puds

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 7:52 am
by hlvp
1D
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USURPER
9A
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UNENSIL

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 7:55 am
by hlvp
17D
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DEPLOY

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 8:00 am
by hlvp
4D
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PALATE

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 8:11 am
by hlvp
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Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 8:31 am
by tabascoboy
Thanks hlvp, no idea who the complier is but not even a vague idea about a single clue!

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:28 am
by FujiKiwi
Some hopeful guesses.

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THE WORD GO
?

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SORTED
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IN THE PEN
?

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 10:00 am
by tabascoboy
If this is as I suspect an Elgar, then I might as well try to parse clues in Lithuanian!

Anyway, 4D, 5D fit with

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= Chatsworth House > anagram
and 8A if

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= otic

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 10:46 am
by hlvp
10 / 26A
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NOT AT ISSUE
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THERES NO 1 IN TEAM

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 10:54 am
by tabascoboy
7D
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= Être > (m)etre
3D is a new word to me, had to see if it was a word!
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= advowson

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 11:00 am
by hlvp
23D
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TELLER

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 11:04 am
by tabascoboy
12 & 13A
Actually scratch that, I misread pen for 'pan'...

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 11:07 am
by hlvp
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COME TO A FULL STOP

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 11:13 am
by tabascoboy
2D
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= morsel

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 11:22 am
by tabascoboy
OK

12 & 13A
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= Charles Dickens
5D is almost right but actually
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in the can

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 11:30 am
by Globus
tabascoboy wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 10:00 am If this is as I suspect an Elgar, then I might as well try to parse clues in Lithuanian!

Anyway, 4D, 5D fit with

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= Chatsworth House > anagram
and 8A if

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= otic
It's by my mate Elgar.

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 11:32 am
by tabascoboy
Globus wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 11:30 am It's by my mate Elgar.
As I thought then! Hope you are recovering well?

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 11:37 am
by hlvp
Oi Globus, give us a lift!

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 11:42 am
by hlvp
9D
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EMANATE

Re: DT Crossword - Friday

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 12:13 pm
by tabascoboy
17D
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= influxes
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= teller
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= enmesh
19 & 22A shot in the dark as can't parse
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= one size fits all ?
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= exactor