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Hi Jerry.

"Take turns to see a town in Italy" I made that MANTOVA.

Thank you Jim,
I have finished this, bar one and that is 10d
Horses'motions happen to include serious bit
of embolus.
Thank you once again,are there any you need?
Christmas wishes,
Jerry

Andrew,
Thank you for your contribution to this, I have
only just seen your posting.
All the best for Christmas,
Jerry

I have the answer to 10d; let me know if you still need it, but by now I doubt that you still will.

I have 3 more to complete. For 24d "Stroke cormorant in Loch Lomond area (5)" I have ?CART but cannot see the answer. Or maybe I have some wrong letters there?

Hello again Jim,
I would like 10d as I just cannot see it.
The word you need is SCART,tis a Scots word for
the cormorant (sometimes spelt Skart)
J

Thanks for SCART Jerry.

PASSADES is 10d (PASS=happen, SAD=serious, E=first letter of embolus) meaning some sort of set of movements used to train (or show-off?) horses.

Thank you,
I don't think I would have got that I don't
think I have ever come across the word;which
only shows up my meagre store of knowledge!
Cheers,
J

For solutions like this, try the Chambers site at:
http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/puzzles/word_wizards/wwizards.py/main
It helps to resolve anagrams and enables you to get words of known length with missing letters. Saves a lot of time!

Dear alanturing,
Thank you very much for the lead on Chambers word
wizard,I have tried it on today's Mephisto and it
is a cracker! I have added it to my list of
favourites.
Best wishes for the New Year,
Jerry