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47ac General agreement (9) I think i'ts 'consensus' but that makes a problem for 48dn Join together, merge (5), which is then 'e_i_e'

Think I've answered my own question....47ac is consensus so 48dn must be elide not unite which I was trying to make fit.

Hi there!

what letters do you have in for 47a? and could 48d be "unite" ?

if it helps, i had 'unite' for ages and couldn't work out how consensus and unite fitted together. So convinced i was of unites correctness, i spent ages trying to think of alternatives similar to consensus instead of alternatives to unite. Then my girlfriend said perhaps i was correct with consensus and unite was wrong.

'Of course unite is right, nothing else could fit,' i protested. She then glances over my shoulder and casually says: 'what about elide?'

grrrrrrr

elide means leave out or omit, which is mot join together, merge

Apparently it depends on which dictionary you use !!

In AskOxford.com, the definition is given as follows:

elide

• verb 1 omit (a sound or syllable) when speaking. 2 join together; merge.

elide can mean join together as well. i was informedby my multi-lingual partner that when certain languages merge two letters together (a and e seem to be an example) and the two merged letters are occaisionally described as 'elided'. Didn't believe her for an instant but a trip to the dictionary confirmed that i should no longer argue with her over linguistic matters...