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bustard

6th May 2012, 14:18
Stuck on top right:
15ac "Tester of current after battery for torch": 3,4,2. S-T -I-E -- ;
12d: "Storm brewing over Northern city": 6. T---S-.
But some of these letters may be wrong: I have Ousel for 8d, Bit Part for 9ac, and Arena for 11d, without fully understanding why ! Really struggled this week!
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jazzgirl

6th May 2012, 14:23
15a set fire to
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chuckb

6th May 2012, 14:27
Tromso with O being an abbreviation sometimes used for Over
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jazzgirl

6th May 2012, 14:28
12d Tromso
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believer

6th May 2012, 14:37
Hi Bustard

8d Ousel
Parasite is louse.

11d Arena
rAiNwEaR hAd, from the back
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believer

6th May 2012, 14:40
9a Bit part

Mouthpiece (for horse) bit

Separate = part
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bustard

6th May 2012, 14:45
Thanks jazzgirl and ChuckB. I should have got Tromso, but I doubt if I'd have got 15ac -- I was nowhere near!
And thanks, believer, for the explanations of 8d and 11d-- clever ! Must try to remember those two techniques !
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les40

7th May 2012, 00:37
I got Ousel a little differently.

A parasite feeds from a host giving nothing in return, so is of 'No Use' - O + use/ then L for large.
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les40

7th May 2012, 00:39
Forgot to mention that person deemed as a parasite is usually of no use
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bustard

8th May 2012, 09:57
Clever, Les40, but I prefer believer's explanation, because it gets the L "diving" from the top of Louse; can't see how yours does-- an ousel is of course closely related to the blackbird, and diving's not it's thing !
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