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This comes with a health warning! 1A

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Greetings, Globus, and thanks. Humid afternoon in Osaka.

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FujiKiwi wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 6:30 am 22D

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BASIC The only parsing I can think of is a stretch. "ba" is Egyptian for "soul" +sic

Hello FK. It's been raining a bit this night but drying out now.

You have the parse right. It's a combination of an Egyption soul and the Latin for thus.

Don't like 10A but it's all I can get from the down letters.

Very dull morning, 16C

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Morning, TB. Pity about AWJ. I've had a dislocated shoulder which was put back on the pitch.

My teammate, a hooker, had both of his go after a collapsed scrum. I visited him in the N&N hospital. He had to have his ligaments shortened. Great bloke. He nearly drowned in a puddle when another scrum collapsed in Prittlewell. We had to cope with the ruddy aircraft from Southend airport. Coudn't hear the ref's whistle.

Possibly the worst pitch I ever played on. It was like a funfair ride. Anyway, 14A

18D Struggling with incomplete parses as usual with Dean Mayer

16D 17A ? can't parse 25A

Good morning. Dry and bright.
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3A 10A has to be

7D Lots of records abound in the crossword world. I've got a few EPs. Extended Play.

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tabascoboy wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 9:02 am 3A

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= Grand Opera

10A has to be

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= animal magnetism > allusion

That's what I have TB. Only by getting 1D 2D 9D 3A 4D 5D 6D (yet to surface, don't like it) 7D and 8D

6D Yuck Dean Mayer

Got two ideas for 6D, don't like either of them! Have to wait for more letters to show

...and this was one of them

Globus wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 9:10 am 6D Yuck Dean Mayer

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OVERCOMPENSATE

At least 26A was a millisecond gimme.

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I'm done now. Off to water the tomatoes. Best wishes all. See you on Monday unless you want further brain damage today.

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