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mary

22nd March 2011, 06:07
Generous gifts said to be from Swiss capital (7) L - - - E - S (3rd letter could be a R)
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ajt

22nd March 2011, 06:12
largesse. Large S - Swiss capital letter
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mary

22nd March 2011, 06:27
Thanks but thats 8 letters. If I am correct
1st letter (L)impid (little devil slips into cover and gets clear.)(6)
5th Letter (E)we (either way you sound sheepish)(3)
7th Letter (S)teak (Meat and chips we hear)(5)
The 3rd letter I think is (R)est cure (Taken by those who are sick and tired of work? (4,4)
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ajt

22nd March 2011, 06:43
I just looked it up in Chambers, Mary. It's normally spelt with the e at the end, but you can make it largess. I must say I've never seen it without the e on the end.
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mary

22nd March 2011, 06:56
Thanks AJT, haven't seen it spelt like that before either, one clue I am not 100% sure of is:-

Brotherhood? (4) I have put in COWL (as in monks hood) guess it is correct! had the O & L
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tonyw

22nd March 2011, 07:10
nothing wrong with COWL ,quite a good clue I think.
by the way my old Chambers gives largess as the preferred spelling.
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ajt

22nd March 2011, 07:22
So does my latest tonyw - I can only repeat that I've not seen it used that way.
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mary

22nd March 2011, 07:29
Thanks all, thats it for today, may need help again tomorrow
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