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"Droon oot the hale hypothec, dicht the sklate"

Doric .... phew this was hard !!!!!

23 scots dialect: the hale hypothec = the whole concern or collection

I like shut and open (golf competition).

Good one tookie

brilliant. I can sleep tonight!

Just looked up the thread. Thanks everyone; I too can sleep easy here in France; couldn't sort out bottom left corner.
Good New Year to all.

Just realised I don't have 2 down. "He kept bridge" [8]. I have H-R-T-U-

Horatius (Roman story)

Thanks AB!

Wish I'd looked here first:searched like a maniac for THE HALE HYPOTHEC, eventually finding it in Ch. for s'o. on THAT OTHER FORUM 5 hrs later --- and I'm not even attempting the puzzle as a Sassenach (did it once only).Beat that for altruism/masochism/madness etc...