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24 Our special is ham(5)?HES? How does 'our' translate to 'the', giving 'thesp' ie 'ham'?
25 English analyst maybe behind in Provencal(6)??RSER How does 'parser', ie English analyst' come from 'behind in Provencal'?
Or have I lost the plot?

Parser: behind=arse in P r

I assume

Thanks samak. What about 'our' to 'the'?

My rather battered dictionary states
"Our - a form of THE possessive case of we used as an attributive adjective"
I am much the wiser now !

My various dictionaries also describe 'our' as THE owner...