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smartie

15th August 2017, 16:01
Greengage - it's the name of the production team headed by Steven Spielberg.
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greengage

15th August 2017, 16:03
Thanks Smartie, much appreciated. Happy Duyure!
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n00b

16th August 2017, 20:50
Hello esteemed solvers. I feel and look like dorado pietri, near the end of a marathon but just can't get over the line on my own.
On 3 I just can't reconcile U?OLIN into any sensible two-word jumble with M N P or X (which seem the only likely options given the Greek constraint).

Also 36: I don't know whether G(unwell) or H(unwell) is the B, cant find a satisfactory definition for what the third ring needs to mean. (Perhaps I've made an error here?)

also didn't have (DUYURE) which does seem very obscure.

Also it seems odd that Ace of Hearts didn't choose to shunt the whole grid 9 degrees anti-clockwise so we started at the beginning.
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orientfan

16th August 2017, 20:53
Please can someone explain the wordplay to 26 and confirm the fifth letter is D? I just can't parse it.

Thanks!
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n00b

16th August 2017, 21:01
Please ignore the last bit, that was stupidity on my part.
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n00b

16th August 2017, 21:04
Hi OrientFan, I make the fifth a K, the wrong letter is in the 7th word of the clue. Bit of a leap of faith defining spare that way imo.
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malone

16th August 2017, 21:07
3 Nut Oil?
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smartie

16th August 2017, 21:10
N00b - the Greek letter in 3 is nu and this gives a jumble on nut oil. In 36 the missing letter is G - giving a B as shown in the 5th definition of the word in Chambers. Hope this helps!
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orientfan

16th August 2017, 21:39
Thanks n00b. My reading was that the fifth letter of 26 was a D, with the misprint (yes, in the seventh word) reading 'shot again' to give REMADE. I can see how 'them' can be 'em' but can't parse the rest.

Perhaps I'm wrong and you're right with a K, though I can't quite see how... :)
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n00b

16th August 2017, 21:45
Many thanks.
3, I should have got that but, as we all know, the brain can just get lost when it is barking in the wrong forest.
As for 36, I've been mistakenly working from a dusty OED in volumes which doesn't list either as a carriage, must invest in the Chambers.
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