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emo

31st December 2017, 14:33
The answers to these cryptic clues gives the name of an writer or an artist. Any help would be appreciated. Number of letters in surname in brackets
1. Nowadays, she`d be on Whatsapp, hoping to reach a gay readership.(6)
2. French nobles embrace supporter, we hear, before final guillotine(12)
3. Short poem about individual who is kind of green(8)
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elle

31st December 2017, 15:33
1. Sappho? (hidden in clue)
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shooty

31st December 2017, 15:36
Looks good Elle ad she came from the island of lesbos.

Hence the gay part could be lesbo's.
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elle

31st December 2017, 15:42
Yes, Sappho did indeed come from Lesbos, but she herself was thought to be lesbian because of the poetry she wrote which concerns itself with romantic love between women.
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rosalind

31st December 2017, 15:53
3. Veronese (painter) Verse round one. No idea about the green- is it a kind of green?
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elle

31st December 2017, 15:59
Yes, Ros - veronese green.
Paolo Caliari was Paolo Veronese's real name!
He was an Italian Renaissance painter
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rosalind

31st December 2017, 16:07
nearest I can get to 2 is aristophanes, aristos being nobles, phan (fan) being a supporter, homophone.

Greek writer
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rosalind

31st December 2017, 16:09
Thanks elle. I take it Veronese means of Verona, where I once went (never again! far too hot!)
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elle

31st December 2017, 16:18
"Aristophanes" - Greek writer - sounds good, Ros!

"AristocratEs" is 'French' nobles - so presumably "aristoEs" - thereby accounting for the "e"
with "phan" sounds like "fan" in the middle.

Well done!
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emo

31st December 2017, 17:03
Thanks very much for your help elle
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