Re: Crossword - Sunday

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HIPPOCRATES
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Thank, hlvp.

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PAIN IN THE NECK
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4D
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CONKER
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NUMBER ONE
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Morning to you.
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WEST HAM UNITED anag
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hlvp wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:03 am Morning to you.
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WEST HAM UNITED anag
Ohhh... that’s good.
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Thanks hlvp, and well played Blues (curses!)

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newsagent
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Celandine (again)

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Atlas
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exoneration (nice clue)
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ell wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:11 am Thanks hlvp, and well played Blues (curses!)
I graciously accept your congratulations.

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GATEAU
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AT HEART
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SPAGHETTI
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TABOO
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27A
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AMBLE
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HAMPERED "ampere" inside "h" and "d".
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EQUINOX
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no fear
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Pretoria
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IN LAW
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PASSATA
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My 46 years of studiously avoiding the kitchen is hurting me with these crosswords.
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ARMATURE
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Another word I have never encountered. You're definitely putting me out of my misery here, hlvp. 👍
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Interested in what 6D might be
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ELEGANT
fits, but I don't see how that connects to "a soldier".
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FujiKiwi wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:16 am Interested in what 6D might be
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ELEGANT
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E + LEG+ ANT (soldier ant)
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hlvp wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:19 am
FujiKiwi wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:16 am Interested in what 6D might be
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ELEGANT
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E + LEG+ ANT (soldier ant)
Oh! That's brilliant! Elegant, even. Thanks, hlvp.
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NAURU
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I'm too late again!

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= conserve
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= asset
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tabascoboy wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:21 am I'm too late again!

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= conserve
I can always post the Toughie from Friday, or the tea-break from the daily star.
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= famously
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hlvp wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:25 am I can always post the Toughie from Friday, or the tea-break from the daily star.
A toughie is always fun - unless it was Proximal :wink:

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= Equinox
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tabascoboy wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:29 am
hlvp wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:25 am I can always post the Toughie from Friday, or the tea-break from the daily star.
A toughie is always fun - unless it was Proximal :wink:

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Is that it?
My grid is complete. Toughie coming up.
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Thaks hlvp!

Easy one to start 4A
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= T-Bone
11A & 19D
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= a man of his word
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= light fantastic
Two I can't really parse
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= nearly new
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= H G Wells
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= capital letters
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OVARIES
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hlvp wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:00 am 2D
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24A quite clever
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= outweigh
25A ?
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= Spode ? Pod for school? inside SE
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tabascoboy wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:18 am
25A ?
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= Spode ? Pod for school? inside SE
Must be.
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9D
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TOWNEE mixture of TON & WEE ?
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14A
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= seaport > a inside tropes backward
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tabascoboy wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 11:17 am 14A
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= seaport > a inside tropes backward
Again, must be.
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15D another iffy one!
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= onion soup ? as in to know ones' onions? :problem:
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YANTAI nay < + ta + I. Had to check if it is Chinese.
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I want 23 & 1A to be
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COME ON TO anag not me +C.O.O. ?
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Again, had to check.

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CARGOOSE a bird. Masefield work is CARGOES + 0
Very obscure. It's ruining my Sunday.
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I'm out of ideas, a pity as it started promisingly
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