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stevea6000

31st January 2017, 17:30
Can't parse my last two:

1a Runway staff short on salt (6): ?A?M?? ... I see that TARMAC = runway, but the rest?

4d Kid wants to steal a bird (9) ??A?F?N?H ... Why CHAFFINCH?

NOTE: last of 1a = first of 4d
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rusty

31st January 2017, 17:38
A salt is a sailor/tar, with mac(e).
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rusty

31st January 2017, 17:40
Kid is chaff.
Inch?
To steal/creep along, could be inch?
Chaff inch.
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stevea6000

31st January 2017, 17:56
Thanks rusty - I didn't know that meaning of chaff, but I do now!
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rusty

31st January 2017, 18:20
Well done, Steve!
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