Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:38 am
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Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:44 am
Thanks hlvp.
5D
5D
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WINDSCREEN WIPER anagram
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:46 am
1A
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CLOCKS
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:15 am
Thanks HVLP,
5a
9a
10
5a
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war bride
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celandines
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pest
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:16 am
Or even hlvp,
11a
12a
13a
14a
11a
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leathers
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indies
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cape
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resident
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:30 am
3D
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CHATTIEST
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:50 am
6D
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RISKIEST
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:54 am
16D
19A
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DIGITALLY
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GODS
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:54 am
2D
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LIEGE
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:55 am
28A
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FLYING
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:56 am
Oh, that's beautiful. Lovely word.
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:06 am
I think 28a is actually
18a
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plying
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Carthage
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:07 am
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:13 am
21a
23a
25a
26a
27a
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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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strapper
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:26 am
14D
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AMAZEMENT
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:28 am
7D
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RAPID
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:34 am
22D
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PETRA
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:48 am
20D
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LAPTOP
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:50 am
24
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IBSEN
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:53 am
10A
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PEST
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:54 am
19A
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GODS
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:34 am
Nobody has posted 17D? I could not get it for the life of me. Or 8D, either.
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: 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
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:48 am
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: 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)
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:56 am
Thanks, hlvp.hlvp wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:53 am 8DSpoilerShowDISCERNED. 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)
. 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.Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:03 am
Agreed. It's an unfair clue.FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:56 amThanks, hlvp.hlvp wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:53 am 8DSpoilerShowDISCERNED. 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). 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.
Re: Crossword - Thursday
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 3:57 pm
Like FujiKiwi , I would not know Norfolk towns.hlvp wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:03 amAgreed. It's an unfair clue.FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:56 amThanks, hlvp.hlvp wrote: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:53 am 8DSpoilerShowDISCERNED. 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)
But parsing for 8D
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the "heard" bit signals a homophone, so
Diss earned (sounds like) discerned
Diss earned (sounds like) discerned