Re: Crossword - Wednesday

Where goats go to escape
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Goodnight.
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Thanks hlvp, and good morning.

27A
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IN THE MAIN
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22A
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SALVO
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LATER
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DISMISSIVE
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1D
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COST
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3D
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TOKEN
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Good morning.

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CAVA
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EDGY
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SATIN
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TWEED
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MEDIANT
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REDESIGN
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STOCK
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PINOT NOIR
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AVOID avid + 0 ="love" in tennis?
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NADIR sounds like "nada"?
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COPYIST
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FujiKiwi wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:18 am 10A
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STOCK
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UNEARTHED
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hlvp wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:34 am
FujiKiwi wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:18 am 10A
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STOCK
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UNEARTHED
Ha. Then
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STEAK
maybe.
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FujiKiwi wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:24 am 12A
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NADIR sounds like "nada"?
It's 13A.
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rid + an <
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I think my original 4D is wrong.

Not
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COPYIST
But
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COPYCAT
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FujiKiwi wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:33 am 4D
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COPYIST
12a
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IRONICAL iron + 1 + cal(l)
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That would let 12A be
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IRONICAL
EDIT: A minute behind you (But not really. It's a lot more than that)
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1A must be
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= crustacean > as in Hermit Crab but really can't parse it...
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= Annelid > Queen Anne + lid/hat
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That's a great solve on 1A, tabasaco.
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tabascoboy wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:51 am 1A must be
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= crustacean > as in Hermit Crab but really can't parse it...
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= Annelid > Queen Anne + lid/hat
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living = earning a crust + expert = ace, article = an
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Think parse must be
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crust / shell ? , ACE / expert , AN / article
or as hlvp said!
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Phew, and that’s great parsing, too. Bravo. 👏
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8D
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AIRBRUSHED
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tabascoboy wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:02 am Think parse must be
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crust / shell ? , ACE / expert , AN / article
or as hlvp said!

Morning TB. Still doing these on your phone or have you invested in a printer?
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Not on a phone, but a tablet, still doing these in my head, doing my head in!

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= terrace > TER(m) + race
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= personally > PALLY around ER + son
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REASONABLY
? Can only see how parts of the parsing would fit. EDIT: Better solution below?

I think 21D is
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HIDINGS
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tabascoboy wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:08 am Not on a phone, but a tablet, still doing these in my head, doing my head in!

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= terrace > TER(m) + race
or
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t + career anag
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FujiKiwi wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:14 am 30A
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REASONABLY
? Can only see how parts of the parsing would fit.

I think 21D is
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HIDINGS
21D is fine, see my 30A above


hlvp wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:15 am
tabascoboy wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:08 am Not on a phone, but a tablet, still doing these in my head, doing my head in!

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= terrace > TER(m) + race
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t + career anag
They both work!
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Or rather than
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REASONABLY
for 30 A
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yes. That's better.

EDIT

For the parsing:
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ER+son =Queen and heir. With P meaning private
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FujiKiwi wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:14 am 30A
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? Can only see how parts of the parsing would fit.

I think 21D is
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HIDINGS
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PERSONALLY pally around ER & son
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anag sign + hid
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hlvp wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:18 am
FujiKiwi wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:14 am 30A
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? Can only see how parts of the parsing would fit.

I think 21D is
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HIDINGS
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PERSONALLY pally around ER & son
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anag sign + hid
You're 18D
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DOING WELL
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[quote=hlvp post_id=16866 time=1597220312 user_id=356]

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PERSONALLY pally around ER & son
Oh, that's great. I was evolving towards this with me update to
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PERSONABLY
but your solution is so much cleaner.

I guess your answer could also be parsed with
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P meaning "private" and "ally" standing alone for "friendly"
But any way you parse it, it's so elegant.
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hlvp wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:21 am
You're 18D
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DOING WELL
Thanks, hlvp! It's a great deal of fun.
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17A
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DERIDES
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EARL "nearly" -n+y-="unprotected"
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