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Exhausted = all in
flipped, nilla

ARC first letters of 'a regular curve'

Bare Alchemist minus rich leaves the letters of base metal

VA + ALL IN (exhausted) backwards

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Starting = A R(egular) C(urve)
Filling = (a regul)AR C(urve)
Actually quite a clever clue.

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Remove RICH from BARE ALCHEMIST and you're left with BAEALEMST an anagram of BASE METAL.

sorry, starting and filling, arc is contained in the phrase also

Note to self: MUST TYPE FASTER

John (from Arran), regarding the H1N1, are you feeling any better?

Thanks all. I love it when there's a mad rush to provide the answers...

Hi aljanon,

Yes, thanks for asking. It seems I was infected some weeks ago and just had cold and slight flu symptoms but am now recovering well. Apparently it affects the younger ones much more than us grumpy old men. I guess it must be something to do with too much cleanliness around the house these days. We're off to Fife for the weekend so I hope that I'm not still infectious.