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6d Instrument depicting liberty-taking pacifist who's given an inch?
The answer is obviously 'cello', but why?
Similarly, 8d Meat that's off shoulder picked up along with leg.
= carrion. On in cricket is leg, but shoulder is carry, not carri can someone parse this for me?

8d "picked up" is a "sounds like" indicator - "carri" sounds like "carry"

I don't see the other one. What letters do you have placed?

CO is "conscientious objector", I suppose, but I don't think an "ell" is an inch

Thanks for 'carrion'
Letters for the other one are c?l?o

ell....a varying measure of length originally taken from the arm!

Just come across the expression "give him an inch and he'll take an ell", so all is now clear. Many thanks to everyone.

On a different subject - I won the Jumbo No 1255. Do you think this diminishes my chances of a win in the future? In other words, if my entry came first out of the hat, would they recognise the name and pick another one?

I do hope not. I won the Mail on two consecutive occasions last year...so I believe that their selection is truly random.

Thanks Andyc, that's encouraging!