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g ? ? ? s ? a ? s t ? a ? s (I think !)

Thanks !

Grasp At Straws

Thanks Malone - New expression to me !


What I don't understand is that I had put plenty of space between the words when typing, but it all appeared in one word on the thread !

You're welcome. I think 'Clutch at straws' is the more common expression - that one comes from 'Drowning men clutch (or catch) at straws'.

I've just noticed that your first post shows an incorrect number of characters - there seems to be 14 rather than the 13 mentioned in the clue. I don't know if there's simply an extra '?' .

I think the posting guidelines request double spacing, personally I don't think it is easy to read.

G??S? A? ST?A?S


Is much clearer in my view.

^^^^^^
I agree.

Sorry for late reply Malone, the extra space was my mistake, so your answer is fine.

Mamya, I did type exactly as you did youself, but somewhere along the line it seems to have lost the extra spaces I had put.

OK, I understand what's happened now - I had put a space between each character to make it clearer, so the extra spaces for gap between words disappeared.