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zed

6th February 2010, 17:45
There are 3 answers that I cannot understand and would like help.
Rocket fly-over anxiously received
f - a - f - l - y If this is fearfully how does rocket fly-over fit answer?

Aborigine's shelter gunmen find y - r -
yurt? why gunmen find?

Girl holding the lizard? To the contrary!
e - i - a Eliza? but why 'to the contrary!'
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ajt

6th February 2010, 17:47
The rocket is earful (telling off) with fly around it.

Back to look at the others!
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helena

6th February 2010, 17:49
FearfulLY- earful (rocket) inside fly
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anniec

6th February 2010, 17:49
Eliza - the lizard is holding the girl's name - that is what's contrary
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ajt

6th February 2010, 17:50
There was some correspondence about the yurt this morning, and we could't make out the wordplay.Perhaps spmeone ese reading this will oblige
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trevor

6th February 2010, 17:51
becuase "th/e liza/rd" holds the girl
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ajt

6th February 2010, 17:52
and the third one because the clue contains Eliza - not wordplay for lizard
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anniec

6th February 2010, 17:53
Apparently there is a pop artist called Bonyurt who has done a paintball picture of Marilyn Munroe - paintball artists are called gunmen. If thisis the wordplay it seems pretty obscure to me!
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trevor

6th February 2010, 18:04
Silly Boy posted http://www.lostateminor.com/2009/09/25/paintball-pop-art/"target="blank">This
link. Does still seem a very obscure clue to me.
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zed

6th February 2010, 18:06
Great! Things are now more obvious.

Can someone help me understand the rocket meaning of earful ethough?
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