Re: Crossword - Monday

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Good morning to you, hlvp, good sir.

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WOOL GATHERING
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MANIFESTO ("manifest"+"0")
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Morning.

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THISTLEDOWN anag
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ISRAELI ("Sharon"=Ariel Sharon/'Rose of Sharon"? + "Disraeli"- "D")
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OK, I'll hang fire now in case ell et.al want to pitch in later.

I shall return.
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ell
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Thanks hlvp, and Hi FK,

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rumble
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decadent
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canine
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advocate
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That was a very cocky "I'll just hold off on doing any more" post I made. I'd probably already got all the ones I'm going to be able to get.
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In that case...

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service charge
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taper
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entertain
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Mercator
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👏

Oh, those are very good.I especially like 24A.
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Yes, 24a is very good.
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22D becomes a gimme then:
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PARIS
ell having done all the hard work there.
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GARLAND
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RESIDENT
Although my uncertainty about this 26A is
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In New Zealand, we wouldn't call a hotel guest a 'resident". Sounds very odd.
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I don't think anyone actually says
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"resident"
for a hotel guest, but signs in hotels say "bar for
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digest
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LANGUOR -A langur is a monkey + O for oxygen
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THEORIES "he" inside "Tories"
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ABOLISH
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INFANT
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LISTEN
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With "list"="summary"?
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See above for 27a
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ell wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:36 amSee above for 27a
OH! Sorry I missed that, somehow. Hmmmm... Still don't get the parsing, though the metaphorical meaning is clear.
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I've hit the wall, so please, nobody hold back on my account. I'd dearly love to know what 5D is. It's driving me nuts.
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FujiKiwi wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:38 am
ell wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:36 amSee above for 27a
OH! Sorry I missed that, somehow. Hmmmm... Still don't get the parsing, though the metaphorical meaning is clear.
It's just a double meaning.
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FujiKiwi wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:42 am I've hit the wall, so please, nobody hold back on my account. I'd dearly love to know what 5D is. It's driving me nuts.
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ENDORSEMENT anag tender so + men
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RECTOR recto + R
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hlvp wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:29 am
FujiKiwi wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:42 am I've hit the wall, so please, nobody hold back on my account. I'd dearly love to know what 5D is. It's driving me nuts.
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ENDORSEMENT anag tender so + men
JESUS. That is so flipping obvious. I swear to God I've puzzled over that all afternoon. But thanks for clearing that up. My mind block with that aside, I thought this was a clever, fun crossword.

Thanks as always. 👍
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There are two on Mondays. I'll leave this here.


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Cheers.

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WOOD PIGEON anagram
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WESSEX -"W" for west with Essex.
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I'll leave the rest to the night shift.

(Actually, I reckon I've got all the ones I'm going to get.)

Night, lads.
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Everyone at work?

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