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chrissie

17th September 2011, 16:25
Why would the answer to 18a. ..Prima donnas perhaps from Grammar School restrained by child locks...be songstresses ?
9d. Novel wherin violent salts are ruined (8,6).. - r- - - u - -/ - s - r - d
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sallyw (aka - the original sallyw)

17th September 2011, 16:28
9dn Treasure Island
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chrissie

17th September 2011, 16:31
Thank you Sally..had an incorrect letter...so easy when you know how.Am a relative newcomer to the cryptic crossword.
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trevor

17th September 2011, 16:33
Prima donnas perhaps from Grammar School restrained by child locks

Child = son
locks (hair) = tresses
Grammar School = gs.
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barrycat

17th September 2011, 16:35

>Son
Grammar school>gs
Locks>tresses
Songstresses
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chrissie

17th September 2011, 16:40
Thank you Trevor and Barrycat...it is a great help to see how the answer is arrived at.
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sallyw (aka - the original sallyw)

17th September 2011, 17:03
Treasure Island is an anagram of salts are ruined.
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