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oldie

28th March 2011, 09:49
26Across
Party choices-Newcastle Brown for a couple[5,9]
I have '' prime ministers'' as the answer and it fits the other clues but I cannot understand the allusion
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bullfrog

28th March 2011, 09:54
My first thought was Lord Newcastle and Gordon Brown, but a quick Google seems to show that Newcastle was never PM.
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osgod

28th March 2011, 11:18
DRINK !!!!
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big dave

28th March 2011, 11:30
The Duke of Newcastle was Prime Minister from 1757 to 1762.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pelham-Holles,_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle
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bullfrog

28th March 2011, 11:52
Aaah -- I found the wrong Duke (the fifth). Should have dug deeper!
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