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malone

3rd June 2012, 19:07

28 A. One's right to enter a scrap when put on (6) e???e?
25 D. Criticism of prince after popular uprising in the London area (5) s?i?e

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rusty

3rd June 2012, 19:08

25, Snipe.

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ab

3rd June 2012, 19:09

swipe?

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malone

3rd June 2012, 19:13

Thanks, both of you - I'm tending towards 'snipe' as it has in/popular in it.

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ab

3rd June 2012, 19:15

Reasoning was SW1- London area, but who knows?

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rusty

3rd June 2012, 19:16

Mine was London is in SE,in/popular reversed, with P for prince.

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malone

3rd June 2012, 19:18

Thanks.I can see how that works too - think I'm finding this one particularly tricky because it's 'criticism', rather than 'criticise' in the clue.I'll ponder again!

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rusty

3rd June 2012, 19:21

A snipe is a noun, too?

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rusty

3rd June 2012, 19:24

Chambers gives "snipe" as criticism.

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malone

3rd June 2012, 19:25

Thanks, Rusty - I didn't know that (thought 'snipe' as a noun was just a bird or a fool), so I think I'll go with 'snipe'.

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