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

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JET SKIER
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KINDNESS
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RHOMBIC
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FINE TUNE
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VETERAN tree+van anagram
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NONSENSE
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OBOE
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Ave Maria
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= flaw
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= dinner
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ASBESTOS
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WEAPON
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PAST IT
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TAXATION, TA + X + nATION
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BOXING, double def
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Hi GuLi

Would love to know your thoughts on 16D, 17D and 28A. I can’t figure them out.
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= torque
16D I think is
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= mystique
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= able
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= isotherm > anagram
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= martingale > anag
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Cheers, lads. I’m kicking myself now over 16D.

But that 22D is a fun one. Love it.
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tabascoboy wrote: Sat Sep 12, 2020 8:18 am 25A
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= torque
16D I think is
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= mystique
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= able
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= isotherm > anagram
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MY! + anag. 1 + QUEST
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alternatTORQUEstionable
I didn't have the others yet
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GuLi wrote: Sat Sep 12, 2020 8:26 am

Yes to 16D
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MY! + anag. 1 + QUEST
Thanks, couldn't see the parse before TBH!
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ENTRAP, ENT ? Emergency smth smth? + RAP
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ENTRAP Hospital Dept is Ear Nose & Throat = ENT blame = Rap
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hlvp wrote: Sat Sep 12, 2020 8:38 am 11A
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ENTRAP Hospital Dept is Ear Nose & Throat = ENT blame = Rap
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I'll put up yesterday's toughie shortly, for anyone interested.

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Thanks - although as it's an Elgar I don't expect to flourish!
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tabascoboy wrote: Sat Sep 12, 2020 9:02 am Thanks - although as it's an Elgar I don't expect to flourish!
Neither I!
Here's one

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FLOW, FLO + Women
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BORNEO, BORNE + Over
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GLAD
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= well-off
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= thief
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THERM
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ANEMONE
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= offcut > of, FT with cu inside
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SPEECH THERAPIST anag these chapters + Pi
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