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#607534 - 03/21/10 03:09 PM Brit xword
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Here is/are a clutch for you to hatch from a paper before we went on holiday:

* 1. I can't remember cinema as "flicks" (8)

* 2. Prevent a check pinning rook (5)

* 3. Film lead in Pink Panther? Treat suspiciously (3,6,4)

* 4. Cartoonist husband in the bar, soon worse for wear (5,8)

* 5. In the course of an illness, almost over, trouble a religious head (5,4)

* 6. Gift tied up at resort (8)

* 7. Welfare state restricting iron tablets at first (6)

* 8. A job accompanying the French missionary (7)

* 9. Monument not cheap to be rebuilt (8)

* 10. A sign of faith? (4,2,5)

* 11. Phone - who invented it? Sound familiar? (4,1,4)

* 12. Daily, one's mother exudes compelling charm (8)

* 13. Holds up favourite? There's a piece of news (7)

Shared first letters are 1/2/6/8, 7/10/13 and 9/12. (corrected)
Shared last letters are 2/13, 5/12 and 6/8.
Shared firsts-last letters are 1/2/6/8-5/12, 3-2/13, 4-9, 5-10 and 9/12-1.
Scrambled loose ends are LNPRY. headscratch catrub


Edited by Lex (03/23/10 04:37 AM)
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#607565 - 03/21/10 04:53 PM Re: Brit xword [Re: Lex]
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11. Ring a bell (Alexander Bell)

Welcome back Lex, I was wondering where these had got to...

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#607586 - 03/21/10 06:09 PM Re: Brit xword [Re: Lex]
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1. amnesiac (anag.)
12. charisma (not sure about char = daily?? ones "is" mother "ma") wave
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#607597 - 03/21/10 06:33 PM Re: Brit xword [Re: manxman]
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Yes to all three. Char is short for char woman, an archaic expression for a daily cleaner.
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#607602 - 03/21/10 06:50 PM Re: Brit xword [Re: Lex]
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Thanks Lex smile I guess I'm younger than I thought lol
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#607619 - 03/21/10 08:20 PM Re: Brit xword [Re: manxman]
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9. cenotaph (anag. of not cheap)

2. aVErT... a + VET (check) containing "r"

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#607631 - 03/21/10 09:14 PM Re: Brit xword [Re: orchid girl]
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3. Film lead in Pink Panther? Treat suspiciously (3,6,4)

The Parent Trap - film


(P)ink - lead in Pink + anag. (suspiciously) of Panther Treat

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#607660 - 03/21/10 11:51 PM Re: Brit xword [Re: Sondi]
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6. Gift tied up at resort (8)
aptitude ; "tied up at" resorted : keeyute!
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#607689 - 03/22/10 04:59 AM Re: Brit xword [Re: CanukDenis]
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All on the money! thumbsup
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#607736 - 03/22/10 08:24 AM Re: Brit xword [Re: Lex]
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7. safety

say holding FE(iron) + t(ablet)

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#607740 - 03/22/10 08:43 AM Re: Brit xword [Re: orchid girl]
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Seems to be a problem with 1st letter of clue#8;
no "loose end" letter left for the poor thing!
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#607757 - 03/22/10 09:53 AM Re: Brit xword [Re: CanukDenis]
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Correct OG as to 7, and "oops" as to 8's opening letter hint - now corrected!


Edited by Lex (03/22/10 09:53 AM)
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#607784 - 03/22/10 11:03 AM Re: Brit xword [Re: Lex]
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8. apostle (a+post+le) wave
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#607827 - 03/22/10 01:04 PM Re: Brit xword [Re: manxman]
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Well, with S--- -- ----D known,
s'gotta be Star of David.

"sign" and "sign of faith" = double def?
Is that legal?
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#607867 - 03/22/10 03:43 PM Re: Brit xword [Re: Lex]
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5. Dalai Lama (an illness almost = a mallady without the 'y' backwards in the clue - trouble = ail) thumbsup wave

Bernie monky

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