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midway32

24th February 2010, 11:04
Daily Mail 13,655. Clue - Some old people taking the plunge.Six letters ? i ? e ? s. I want to put in DIVERS but can not see what it has to do with old people?
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anniec

24th February 2010, 11:29
A long way from senility I'm sure! - divers is a very old way of saying "many, varied" and therefore in the clue "some" - so its an old way of saying some and people relates to the second part of the clue
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bullfrog

24th February 2010, 11:29
Divers is an archaic (i.e. 'old') word meaning 'some' or 'several'
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midway32

24th February 2010, 11:38
Thank you.
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