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jolan

22nd May 2012, 11:58
Good morning. Hopefully these few will be a little easier than last week's offering. We'll see. Happy solving. J

I set crossies just for pleasure. I wonder if some of you excellent regulars would like to try a few of my clues? Since they're new, no letters!

Please withhold solutions till 5 pm (GMT + 1) to allow others to have a go.


1. Sadly I've lost all I once possessed, the house and the land (including the mount) (8)
2. Used to overlook the drink? (8)
3. Doctor, antiseptically removing Type A spot (9)
4. Boudicca’s lot, disappointingly accepting defeat in sixty seconds (5)
5. Make less iron? (8)
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aristophanes

22nd May 2012, 12:18
Please tell me you've posted 1 before, Jolan. If you haven't I've been channeling you- sends a shiver down my spine.
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aristophanes

22nd May 2012, 12:23
Ditto 3?
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jolan

22nd May 2012, 12:25
Good morning Ari. Up bright and early, eh?

I'm very poor at keeping records and, although I should know, I don't know if I've posted 1 before. If I have, mucho apologies. Still, others might not have seen it.

The day is beautiful here in North Wales, so I'm off to do a wee bit of conifer trimming.

See you later. J
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jolan

22nd May 2012, 12:27
Crikey!!! I trust it's not a case of deja vu, all over again. Again I apologise for the repeats. I'll have to keep better records. J
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aristophanes

22nd May 2012, 12:35
Picturing you with a chain saw. Frightening image. So Yogi Berra has crossed the sea (deja vu all over again). My favorite of his is "Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded."
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jazzgirl

22nd May 2012, 13:12
I also remember seeing 1 and 3 before (on Pancake Day.) The pancakes helped me then, with no.3 and that's the only one I have so far today ;(
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aristophanes

22nd May 2012, 13:23
Oh, thank you, jazzgirl. What a relief.
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aristophanes

22nd May 2012, 16:56
A couple of minutes early (beagle importuning)

1 STALLION
2 SPYGLASS?
3 SCINTILLA
4 ICENI
5 Drawing a blank
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andyc

22nd May 2012, 17:00
The IoM entry, here goes:

1)stallion
2)spyglass
3)scintilla
4)Iceni
5)decrease

I think Aristo is right though Jolan, 1 & 3 seemed familiar, but that didn't help me do them more quickly!!!!
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