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phil

1st May 2010, 09:28
Possibly a theme?

Is 1 ac a dd of the two words 'Dawdle' & 'Dabble'
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ajt

1st May 2010, 10:05
It's a mixed bag, I found. But yes, to answer you. A word beginning with p. Is that enough?
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phil

1st May 2010, 10:25
Thanks AJT.

I think the setters name should have been an obvious enough clue. "Potter" what was I had in mind before posting but had a theme in mind that suggested things like Wedgewood etc etc. Doh!

I can read to surfaces to Hendry and Taylor now on the last pair across clues.
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davic

1st May 2010, 11:03
Hi There - can someone help please?? i'm stuck on 13ac
A 1 across thumped old farceur (7) (b_ _ _ r _ _)

not sure which type of potter to look for?
thanks in advance
david
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davic

1st May 2010, 11:08
scratch that last post - just got it!
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ajt

1st May 2010, 11:11
Phil - some of them are - that's what I meant by a mixed bag. Not Wedgewood, though - I started looking for that one.

And for 13ac - First part meaning "thumped" and second part - someone who used to play in farces, and the whole is a 1ac.
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epipnoia

1st May 2010, 14:20
Voici the answers. Although I'm unclear on the reasoning behind BIJOUX http://www.bit.ly/bzqc8S
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ixion

1st May 2010, 14:30
a junction less cannot gives you "jui" which gives the anag with box ... I think
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ixion

1st May 2010, 14:40
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/prize/24999

2D Punctuation expert offers support (5)

Possibly obvious to everyone else - can anyone explain why this is "truss" - support obviously, but how does punctuation expert work?
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jack

1st May 2010, 14:49
Hi ixion

Lynne Truss - a writer & broadcaster, think she might have worked for the Guardian at some point wrote a book about punctuation called Eats, Shoots & Leaves" which was something of a best-seller a few years ago.
It's quite funny in parts!
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