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eccles45

24th November 2012, 17:45
Plain butty and pasty with black filling (8)

Could there be a typo - butty instead of buddy ?
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jazzgirl

24th November 2012, 17:50
I thought the same as you. palpable ?
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mamya

24th November 2012, 17:50
butty2
n pl -ties
English dialect (esp in mining parlance) a friend or workmate
[perhaps from obsolete booty sharing, from boot2, later applied to a middleman in a mine]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
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jazzgirl

24th November 2012, 17:52
oh my goodness! thanks Mamya
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eccles45

24th November 2012, 18:20
Thanks mamya. Am ashamed to say I never even thought to look it up. It's in my Collins 'n all.

Can't parse

13a Fellow campaigning to stop endless spin (6)

Have e?w?r?

edward is a fellow but ......
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jazzgirl

24th November 2012, 18:24
edd(y) with war inside = edward
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ab

24th November 2012, 18:24
War (campaigning) inside edd(y) endless spin - ed war d?
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eccles45

24th November 2012, 18:26
Thanks both of you
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