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phil535

3rd April 2017, 11:05
Regarding OED access.

I went online yesterday to www.oed.com and easily logged on using my library card number.

Apparently over 90% of libraries have signed up for this feature.
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rrrobbo

3rd April 2017, 12:02
So nearly completed without looking here. Thanks all for the pointers. I have it all but can't see how 36 relates to "foot"
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novice

3rd April 2017, 12:41
You need components of the t??e not s???????I

One begins with T- 5 letters

The other 2 share a B (first letter)

one is 6 letters, the other is 5. They curve to the left and right of the other word.
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smartie

3rd April 2017, 13:23
Rrrobbo - answer is Latin for foot with the O as one of the missed letters.
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rrrobbo

3rd April 2017, 14:13
Thanks. I had a feeling that was my missing o!
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orson

3rd April 2017, 17:02
I've done it all except for 15a and 21d, for which no words seem to fit.

15a - L?GANO
21d - PSILECI?

Thanks
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kirky

3rd April 2017, 17:15
15a Lugano lug = handle (one of the 2 wordplay only clues)

21d p si loci n (loci are the sites restricted by p (soft) sin(offence)
defn a drug

35a explained earlier in this thread if I remember correctly
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orson

3rd April 2017, 19:42
Thanks, kirky.
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beepy

3rd April 2017, 20:05
I quite enjoyed this puzzle, but I do have a bone to pick with 20a. Rep = "series of exercises"? Surely a rep is but one component of a series of exercises. Or have I misinterpreted the clue?
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orientfan

3rd April 2017, 21:08
I'm done, but I have missed the fourth and fifth of the nine omitted letters. Please can someone identify the relevant clues and put me out of my misery? Thanks!
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