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I achieved 'sansculotterie', and a very fair clue it is, but have failed to find the word referenced anywhere. Any suggestions?

You should have looked in Chambers D! "A proposd name in honour of the most ardent revolutionaries for the supplementary days in the French revolutionary calendar"

Thanks for that. One more reason to buy Chambers, although I've been resisting for years.

Aaaah! Sansculotterie was the only one I couldn't get. I always like to start the Christmas special on Christmas Day itself, so having to wait since Saturday was torture. I'd also commend the previous sentiments about Araucaria and Chambers (a very battered 1998 edition.)

And no Guardian Xword on the Web today?

The Guardian was not published today (26th), so no crossword.

Davidinmadrid - My Collins'Millenium Edition' (thanks, Guardian about ten years ago!)tells quite a lot about "sansculotterie"; i.e. French Revolutionaries who could not afford knee-breeches.

keith14: you did bloody well to get the answers without knowing what the numbers and letters in brackets meant!