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magpie9

12th August 2017, 20:13
23a Poet in distinctive dress putting queen out (4) ?I?Y. LIV(ER)Y works well except Livy was a historian and I can't find evidence of him being also a poet! Any ideas?
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mamya

12th August 2017, 20:45
I agree, not a Poet in his own right though obviously both influenced by them and mixed with them and their circles.

Setter's slip it looks like.
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magpie9

12th August 2017, 20:49
Thank you, Mamya.
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brendan

12th August 2017, 23:06
Help appreciated with the wordplay for these.....

30a One maybe getting tight in grassy area around Herts town (10) - DRAWSTRING

I know Tring is in Herts, but that leaves 'Draws' for 'Grassy area' - which I don't get - (the closest I came was 'A small gully').

50a Be a busybody, emulating a smug Jack to maximum extent? (4,1,6,2,5,3) - HAVE A FINGER IN EVERY PIE

I get the definition but that's about it.

34d Educational subjects are out of date, embraced by old-style politicians (7,4) - LIBERAL ARTS

i think the 'Old-style politicians' could be LIBS, but I'm not even sure about that.

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malone

12th August 2017, 23:10
30 A sward is a patch of grass, 'around' reverses it?
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brendan

12th August 2017, 23:11
PS...

29a Dealer of heavy blow showing bitterness, husband in prison (12) - SLEDGEHAMMER

This looks like 'Slammer' (Prison) + H(usband), but that leaves 'Edge' for 'Bitterness' which doesn't seem right.
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malone

12th August 2017, 23:12
50 Little Jack Horner, who sat in a corner, stuck his finger in a pie- and then said 'What a good boy am I', so was very smug.
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malone

12th August 2017, 23:15
34. It's Liberals, plural, for the politicians, then Art= Are as in old-fashioned language. ('How Great Thou Art', the hymn, for example).
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brendan

12th August 2017, 23:23
That's excellent, many thanks Malone.
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mamya

12th August 2017, 23:31
Re 29

If something has an edge to it, it has bitterness - eg a voice or a sharp,tart taste.
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