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Thanks HLVP for running the weekend shift.....

No problem. Besides, I need my weekend fix.

1A

Morning!

1D 9A 3D

11D

Hi lads. Thanks for letting me chip in.

16A

6A Ahhhhhhhhhh, Freak out! 8D

4D

13A

20A

19D
But don't get all the parsing.

FujiKiwi wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:17 am 19D

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WITNESS

But don't get all the parsing.

tabascoboy wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:28 am

FujiKiwi wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:17 am 19D

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WITNESS

But don't get all the parsing.

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answer = Fitness > witness then swap the W (wife) for F (female)

Thanks.

And I think, but I'm not sure:

23A

FujiKiwi wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:31 am And I think, but I'm not sure:

23A

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IN THE MAIN

21d

27A

Hey guys, thanks KD - what's left?

25D

GuLi wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:07 am Hey guys, thanks KD - what's left?

25D

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ONCE, nONCE

Allright GuLi,

I got

29A

FujiKiwi wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:14 am 20A

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ORATORIO

Sorry FK, it's
20A instead. It didn't fit with 11D with your solution.

So 17D

18A

GuLi wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:29 am

FujiKiwi wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:14 am 20A

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ORATORIO

Sorry FK, it's
20A

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CONCERTO, CON + ROT + Church of England

instead. It didn't fit with 11D with your solution.

So 17D

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DOWNTURN, DOWN + TURN

Thanks GuLi. I am mightily crestfallen by that, because I thought it was a stroke of genius on my part. My weakness is not being able to see these parsings of words no matter how hard I look.

10A

hlvp wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:23 am

GuLi wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:07 am Hey guys, thanks KD - what's left?

25D

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ONCE, nONCE

Allright GuLi,

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cANON

Ahah, you're right
I didn't know that word (the solution). Actually, now that I've checked in Chambers,
NONCE doesn't exist at all in English in a clerical meaning. En français, on parle de
nonce, spécialement "nonce apostolique", pour désigner un "Ecclésiastique ambassadeur
du Saint-Siège auprès d'un gouvernement étranger. Nonce du pape."(TLFI).
That was a faux-ami if I ever saw one.

12A

2D

14D

22D

FujiKiwi wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:35 am

Thanks GuLi. I am mightily crestfallen by that, because I thought it was a stroke of genius on my part. My weakness is not being able to see these parsings of words no matter how hard I look.

That will come in time, takes a bit of experience to know how the minds of different compilers work ( and some are on a very strange wavelength at times)

tabascoboy wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:53 am

FujiKiwi wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:35 am

Thanks GuLi. I am mightily crestfallen by that, because I thought it was a stroke of genius on my part. My weakness is not being able to see these parsings of words no matter how hard I look.

That will come in time, takes a bit of experience to know how the minds of different compilers work ( and some are on a very strange wavelength at times)

Very true for the "experience" bit. My 2 cents of advice: each time you guess a word, from the bit of
definition in the clue and a few crossing letters , really try to get the parsing thoroughly as well.
It helps me progress both in cryptos and in English, and in British culture. Just today I learned that 25D
with a new meaning (I thought it only was an abbr. of "anonymous") and "con" for "study". Actually I knew
that one, from previous grids, then forgot it. I'll probably forget these too, but in the long run they stick. Hopefully.

28A

24A

5D

26A

15a

7D

I think we're done, ain't we?

GuLi wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 12:35 pm I think we're done, ain't we?

My grid's complete. There is another DT Monday Prize Crossword I can put up. Any takers?

Shoot! I may be able to do a few this afternoon, else I'll save it for later. Thanks!